10 Jul
2006
10 Jul
'06
7:55 p.m.
On Sun Jul 09, 2006 at 04:57:43PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
Hallo,
oz hat gesagt: // oz wrote:
my ATI IXP based AMD64 works flawlessly on linux. even 3d accel is supported with the open
drivers after hacking a line into drm_pciids.txt
I have sympathy for a new notebook with AMD
Turion 64 X2 dual-core
cpu. It would open some new possibilities, like virtualization
(pacifica, xen etc.), pure AMD64 Debian arch, other 32-bit OS' and -
and that is the question - good realtime-audio performance?
I would say be careful with AMD laptops and Linux. Intel machines tend
to be much better supported because there are open source drivers for
the other parts inside these machines like WLAN, gfx card (if it's
Intel) etc. while AMD laptops often use NVidia chipsets and gfx cards
or similar stuff by ATi for which you need to install binary drivers
sometimes, that may mess up other things like power management in
strange ways. 64bit isn't that important for audio anyways. Getting a
laptop to run flawlessly is hard enough, don't make it harder on
yourself by buying hardware without open source drivers.
Ciao
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