[LAU] Any experiences with AMD 690g and 780g chipsets

I am looking to set up a computer that will be primarily used as an ardour workstation. I have been investigating different possibilities but basically my priorities are stable under linux, low power consumption (less power means less heat which means less fans which means less noise, also there is a possibility that the workstation will be moved to a location which will be off the grid). The sound interface will probably be firewire based (prob firepod) & the 780g mainboard I am looking at has onboard TI firewire So I am leaning towards that. I know that AMD/ATI have never been good on linux with Graphics... So is anybody out there using one of these boards for music production - If so what has your experience like.... Also any setups that are known to work particularly well would be of use to me.... A laptop is also an option provided everything else is right. Thanks in advance Danni -- Q: How did you get into artificial intelligence? A: Seemed logical -- I didn't have any real intelligence.