On Saturday 13 Sep 2003 8:08 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > 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. > The box is supplied with 350w, but I could easily upgrade that.
> > 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 I'll do that, thanks Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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