On 31 December 2005 at 2:04, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am thinking of getting an AMD X2 system. I want to avoid > Nvidia chipsets as their hardware is too closed and the Via > stuff seems cheap which leaves me with ATI (I realize the > latest stuff does not have open drivers, but at least there's a > chance they'll release one eventually) I opted for an ABIT AV8-3rd Eye motherboard: Athlon 64 or 64FX, 1GHz FSB, SATA, RAID, AGP8X, 1x IEEE1394, Gb LAN, 4x USB2, North bridge VIA K8T800 Pro, South bridge VIA VT8237, AC97 Codec 6ch audio. I put an Athlon 64-X2 4200+ (2.2GHz) and 2/ea Kingston 512MB DDR400 (PC3200) memory sticks in the board. My ATI Radeon 9250 AGP Video has been a bit of a source of trouble. If I stay away from all of the ATI specific (Xorg or ATI proprietary) drivers, then things seem to be OK. This is with Xorg 6.9, which I guess has been problematic in this area and with Nvidia cards as well. > Does anyone have any experience with the ASUS A8R-MVP? > http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA22189 Looks like a pretty good board, but I don't have any experience at all with one. Please post your success story for those that follow you into 64-X2 territory. Cheers.... -- Kevin
