> About your question. I have thought of building my own machine too, > but never got around to it. I was allways scared by the sheer amount > of possible audio and video cards and so on. I am not a hardware > hobbyist, so how do I know I would make the right choices and not get > incompatibles?
Ask around. There are some really quick answers. If you want something that "just works" and isn't going to be a headache, get an es1371 audio card. For video, if you can use Debian testing get a Radeon 7500. (XFree86 4.2 has 3d support for that.) If you'd rather use Debian stable (which only has X 4.1), then get a Matrox G450, which is fully 3d and such supported by X 4.1. If you must have absolute latest high-end performance in either, then ignore what I just said. But if you want something reasonable that works, there you go. -Rob -- -=-=-= Rob Knop =-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] =-= http://www.pobox.com/~rknop =-=-=- Help the EFF protect basic freedoms online: http://www.eff.org Playwrights & theatre types, see The Dramatic Exchange: http://www.dramex.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
