Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-31 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday May 30 2003 09:32 am, Gilligan wrote: > Do you or anyone have a "best" MB for an using with AMD chip ? http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_4348,00.html Look on the right side of the page for 'Recommended Motherboards'. Enter the proccessor you i

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-31 Thread Lanman
Asus A7V8X with an AMD 2200+ and 512Mb DDR Ram runs excellent. Allk devices were detected by Mandrake 9.1. Nothing custom to do, no recompiling of any driver modules, Nada. System is rock-solid stable and quick. Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 5/30/2003 at 10:32 AM Gilligan

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-31 Thread Gilligan
Do you or anyone have a "best" MB for an using with AMD chip ? I have the Abit IT-7 but it does not work under Mandrake. :( Need drivers so LM can see the hard drives. (never though about that when I bought it. Live and learn) Thanks Doug Rob Blomquist wrote: > I have an A7N8X Deluxe Mobo and I

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday May 29 2003 07:14 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > Only trouble I had is having to install my Gigabit drivers from > teh accompanying CD for the mobo itself. Has drivers on it. > Strangely I cannot find updated/other drivers for this 3com > built-in NIC. Has built-in sound too...which I don'

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-30 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 29 May 2003 02:43 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > I am dual booting windows, but thats besides the point. I want to have > full compatibility with upcoming games. I will be playing them through > winex, and I'm sure that most upcoming games will use Directx 9.0. Maybe > then I should go for

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-30 Thread FemmeFatale
At 06:43 PM 5/29/2003 +, you wrote: On Thu, 29 May 2003 19:22:14 -0400 I am dual booting windows, but thats besides the point. I want to have full compatibility with upcoming games. I will be playing them through winex, and I'm sure that most upcoming games will use Directx 9.0. Maybe then I s

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-30 Thread FemmeFatale
At 09:44 AM 5/29/2003 +0100, you wrote: OK Tom, so you favour Via and AMD, but if money is not in itself a particular problem, though everything has to be reasonably equal, and relative, what would be the best combination of mobo cpu and video card for good graphics, speed and efficiency of FSB

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-30 Thread FemmeFatale
At 07:48 PM 5/28/2003 -0500, you wrote: On Wednesday May 28 2003 06:45 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-d/overview.htm > > i have that board. > > has more than I need + an upgrade path. > - > FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt I've read that the new

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-30 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 29 May 2003 02:43 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > About your 1700+, does it > perform the same as a non oc'd 2400+ would perform? Yes, for all intents and purposes, it is a 2400+. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-30 Thread John Drouhard
On Thu, 29 May 2003 19:22:14 -0400 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think any KT400 board should do. If you want to be sure on the video, get > nVidia. You never said if you were going to dual-boot windows, but if you're > not, will dx9 really matter? I am dual booting windows, but t

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-30 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 29 May 2003 01:05 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > > How about an AOpen AK77-8XN? It isn't too expensive, has 8x AGP support > and the KT400 chipset. I am thinking about pairing it with an Athlon > 2200+ and oc'ing it with Greg's advice. Does this sound good with a > Radeon 9500 Pro? I do kno

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday May 29 2003 03:44 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > OK Tom, so you favour Via and AMD, but if money is not in itself > a particular problem, though everything has to be reasonably > equal, and relative, what would be the best combination of mobo > cpu and video card for good graphics, spe

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wednesday May 28 2003 01:10 pm, John Drouhard wrote: Actually, I didn't really want an nforce2 motherboard. I just went for this one because it had AGP 8x and got high reviews. Could anyone point me to a motherboard that works well with linux, is not too terribly expensiv

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday May 28 2003 06:45 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-d/overview.htm > > i have that board. > > has more than I need + an upgrade path. > - > FemmeFatale, aka The Skirt I've read that the newest i875 chipset is decent. Please keep

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday May 28 2003 01:10 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > Actually, I didn't really want an nforce2 motherboard. I just > went for this one because it had AGP 8x and got high reviews. > Could anyone point me to a motherboard that works well with > linux, is not too terribly expensive, and has suppo

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread kjc
I have used  only one brand of MB. ASUS. I highly recommend their product. I have used ASUS for Linux,Win garbage and Solaris X86. All with ZERO problems. John Drouhard wrote: On Wed, 28 May 2003 18:05:19 -0500 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The nForce(2) chipsets are

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread FemmeFatale
At 06:10 PM 5/28/2003 +, you wrote: Actually, I didn't really want an nforce2 motherboard. I just went for this one because it had AGP 8x and got high reviews. Could anyone point me to a motherboard that works well with linux, is not too terribly expensive, and has support for AGP 8x (I am go

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 28 May 2003 02:10 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > On Wed, 28 May 2003 18:05:19 -0500 > > Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The nForce(2) chipsets are not well or completely supported by > > Linux kernel yet. Neither are Intel i. VIA chipsets > > boards are best supported, mainl

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread FemmeFatale
At 07:00 PM 5/28/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Wednesday 28 May 2003 12:53 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > I was considering upgrading my computer with a new motherboard and > processor. I was highly considering the Asus A7N8X which uses the > nforce2 chip set. It does not, however, have on-board video, so

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread Benjamin Jeeves
I have the ASUS A7N8X MB and have no problems but did have to patch the kernel for the onbroad lan but that was easy as installing a driver in windows. On Wednesday 28 May 2003 4:53 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > I was considering upgrading my computer with a new motherboard and > processor. I was hi

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread John Drouhard
On Wed, 28 May 2003 18:05:19 -0500 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The nForce(2) chipsets are not well or completely supported by > Linux kernel yet. Neither are Intel i. VIA chipsets > boards are best supported, mainly due to their popularity and > cooperation with the Linux commun

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday May 28 2003 11:53 am, John Drouhard wrote: > I was considering upgrading my computer with a new motherboard > and processor. I was highly considering the Asus A7N8X which uses > the nforce2 chip set. It does not, however, have on-board video, > so i was gonna get a radeon 9500 pro and

Re: [newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 28 May 2003 12:53 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > I was considering upgrading my computer with a new motherboard and > processor. I was highly considering the Asus A7N8X which uses the > nforce2 chip set. It does not, however, have on-board video, so i was > gonna get a radeon 9500 pro and

[newbie] motherboard recommendations

2003-05-29 Thread John Drouhard
I was considering upgrading my computer with a new motherboard and processor. I was highly considering the Asus A7N8X which uses the nforce2 chip set. It does not, however, have on-board video, so i was gonna get a radeon 9500 pro and use the FireGL drivers. Does anyone know if this motherboard wit