No integrated audio that's for sure. If you do get a mobo with
integrated audio, turn it off in BIOS settings. The accelerated NVIDIA
drivers work fine. I run them at home on my three systems and at work
on about 50 systems with no problems (lately, at first they were a bit
flaky). I'm not really too concerned about their religion ;-)
Jan
On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 17:53, Austin Acton wrote:
On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 18:47, Frank Barknecht wrote:
VIA
chipset? nVidia? Intel?
I stay clear of Nvidia, some of their stuff (ethernet, graphics card)
is only fully supported on Linux by binary drivers. I won't support
such a detrimental attitude with my money. YMMV.
I've had bad luck with VIA, and Intel as far as sound quality. Both
sucked. M-Audio stuff sounds VERY noticably better.
nVidia is just a constant hassle to keep it working. I'd avoid it at
all costs. If you're talking video chips, I'm very happy with my intel
845... effortless. If you're talking about integrated audio (nForce or
whatever), I'd say stay clear.
Austin
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