On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:55:48 -0500 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kent West wrote: > > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > >> Kent West wrote: > >> > >>> Anyone know of any hardware-review sites from a Linux perspective? > >>> > >>> I'm looking to buy a replacement motherboard . . . . > >>> > >> > >> I can tell you that there are currently unresolvod issues with the > >> timing on an AMD/nForce combination. There are patches available, but > >> it gets to be a pain after while if you want to upgrade the kernel. > >> > >> -Roberto > > > > > > So you're suggesting I stay away from boards with nForce chipsets? from > > nForce video cards? both? > > > > The nForce is the mobo chipset (not the graphics chip). If I had it > to do over, I would get an AMD (which I already have) a mobo with VIA > chipset and no onboard anything (except maybe sound, since that is not > so important to me). Also, the onboard nForce takes a proprietary > binary-only driver to work. The nForce2 sound (a modified i810) is > pretty decent. > > -Roberto > The GNU-Darwin crowd advocate AMD built on Via also. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
