On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 11:46, Anne Wilson wrote: > I want to build a box whose main purpose would be video capture from > camcorder and vhs, editing, and burning to either vcd or dvd. All > funds available should go into the most essential bits for that > purpose, so I'd like some opinions, please. > > Mobo - I'm torn between Asus A7v8X-X and Soltek SL-KT400-A4C. Specs > are very similar. Both have Via KT400/VT8235 chipsets. > > Asus has 8x agp and Soltek has 4x agp
I've been led to believe (and I don't have a link at the moment) that 8x support in XFree is less than optimal with the 2.4 kernel but that the 2.6 will have it much better. > > Asus has Realtek 6-chanel codec, which I take to mean on-board sound, > and Soltek has 6-ch AC'97 Audio. I've always avoided on-board audio > in the past, disabling it and putting in a card. Is that still worth > the effort/expense? > > Asus also offers on-board lan. I think these have been troublesome? I've had good (as in very) luck with a number of these as long as it isn't a Davicom chip. Neither has this chip so you should be good. > > Graphics cards - since I don't do gaming I've not been into the latest > thing in video cards, so I don't know what is significant and what is > hype. I'm looking at 128MB XFX Geforce4 MX44- or FX5200. I could go > higher if there's a real advantage. Any thoughts? Big power supply *grin* meaning over 350 watts. > > Any comments about anything I haven't mentioned that is significant in > this scenario? Go to tomshardware.com and take a look to see if they have reviewed either or both of these motherboards. I'd also look at their reviews of video cards. > > Anne
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