31 Dec
2005
31 Dec
'05
3:46 a.m.
On 31 December 2005 at 2:04, Lee Revell <rlrevell(a)joe-job.com> wrote:
I am thinking of getting an AMD X2 system. I want to
avoid
Nvidia chipsets as their hardware is too closed and the Via
stuff seems cheap which leaves me with ATI (I realize the
latest stuff does not have open drivers, but at least there's a
chance they'll release one eventually)
I opted for an ABIT AV8-3rd Eye motherboard: Athlon 64 or 64FX,
1GHz FSB, SATA, RAID, AGP8X, 1x IEEE1394, Gb LAN, 4x USB2, North
bridge VIA K8T800 Pro, South bridge VIA VT8237, AC97 Codec 6ch
audio. I put an Athlon 64-X2 4200+ (2.2GHz) and 2/ea Kingston
512MB DDR400 (PC3200) memory sticks in the board. My ATI Radeon
9250 AGP Video has been a bit of a source of trouble. If I stay
away from all of the ATI specific (Xorg or ATI proprietary)
drivers, then things seem to be OK. This is with Xorg 6.9, which
I guess has been problematic in this area and with Nvidia cards
as well.
Does anyone have any experience with the ASUS
A8R-MVP?
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA22189
Looks like a pretty good board, but I don't have any experience at
all with one.
Please post your success story for those that follow you into 64-X2
territory.
Cheers....
--
Kevin