No integrated audio that's for sure. If you do get a mobo with integrated audio, turn it off in BIOS settings. The accelerated NVIDIA drivers work fine. I run them at home on my three systems and at work on about 50 systems with no problems (lately, at first they were a bit flaky). I'm not really too concerned about their religion ;-) Jan On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 17:53, Austin Acton wrote: > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 18:47, Frank Barknecht wrote: > > > VIA chipset? nVidia? Intel? > > > > I stay clear of Nvidia, some of their stuff (ethernet, graphics card) > > is only fully supported on Linux by binary drivers. I won't support > > such a detrimental attitude with my money. YMMV. > > I've had bad luck with VIA, and Intel as far as sound quality. Both > sucked. M-Audio stuff sounds VERY noticably better. > > nVidia is just a constant hassle to keep it working. I'd avoid it at > all costs. If you're talking video chips, I'm very happy with my intel > 845... effortless. If you're talking about integrated audio (nForce or > whatever), I'd say stay clear. > > Austin > > -- > Austin Acton > Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate > Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto > MandrakeLinux Volunteer Developer, homepage: www.groundstate.ca >
