The K8N is an Nvidia chipset system which their is linux
drivers for but I'm not sure how much of it is in the kernel.
The K8V will be Via of course and tends to play nicer with linux
as far as mainboard chipsets are concerned.
Asus overall is one of the more reliable boards you can buy. 3
year warranty standard.
If I were to choose I'd probably try and tough it out with the
Nvidia chipset because the performance is supposed to be higher.
Of course if you go Intel... well, it just works. Buy either if
you're getting a deal but know that by next year the socket
939/940 will be heading for retirement. My next major upgrade
will probably be dual core. That way I can game away while I
compile with less hiccups.
That be all,
Mr O.
--- horst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got a nice offer for a practically new box, either with K8N,
> or K8V ASUS
> board, Athlon 64 2800. The K8N box has Win2000 on it, but I
> had some
> limited time to inspect it from Knoppix 3.6 . There were
> problems
> recognizing the onboard ethernet 'card', and the sound 'card';
> a second
> (real) NIC was recognized fine. Next time I'll get a chance to
> look at
> either the K8N, or the K8V I'll be armed with Knoppix 3.8 .
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