RE: [SLUG] System configuration proposal

From: Jeff Skube (jskube@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2003 - 04:22:04 EDT


Having dealt with both cards before I would have to say the drivers for
the Nvidia cards are easier to setup, and are better supported. This is
ignoring the closed source driver arguement which I could care less
about.

On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 01:42, Craig Zeigler wrote:
> I would suggest an ATI card instead. they have better Linux drivers.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Levi Bard [mailto:levi@bard.sytes.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:14 AM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: [SLUG] System configuration proposal
>
>
> Hello,
> I'm looking at building a hard-duty system. Does anyone see
> anything
> wrong with the following configuration, either hardware
> interconflicting or Linux not liking the hardware? I'll be running
> Debian exclusively.
>
> Arima Rioworks HDAMB Dual Opteron MB ( http://rioworks.com/HDAMB.htm )
> AMD Opteron 240 x2
> Thermaltake Venus 7+ sink/fan x2
> Simpletech PC2700 512MB DDR x2
> Maxtor 120GB 7200 ATA100 x2
> MSI Ti4200 VTD8X Geforce4 128M VIVO Dual VGA
> (Nearly any case, as long as the PS is appropriate)
> (Generic stuff, monitor, kb, trackball, dvd, cdrw)
>
> Thanks,
> Levi
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