On 4/10/06, Stephen Hassard <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 09:50:47 -0700, Loki Davison <loki.davison@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Is there a reason for going with an SLI board? I've got one nvidia > > pci-e and it's okay for my needs. Would the Asus A8N-E or A8N5X be > > okay? Or even the A8N-SLI (not deluxe or premium)? The premium is a > > whole lot more expensive. > > No particular reason why going for a SLI board (other than the fact you'll > have more available PCI-Express lanes in the future), but the biggest > difference is the passive cooling system on the Premium board. The > northbridge fans on the A8N-E are horribly noisy and have a good history > of having a short lifetime. Definitely get a board with passive cooling. > Your ears (and mics) will thank you. > > > What kernel is okay with the ati chipset? I'm running 2.6.12 with > > daily hard lockups. Memory checks out fine in memtest and i've tried > > it with a few graphics cards so i'm assuming it's the board. > > You'll probably need something in the 2.6.15 to 2.6.16 area. Yep, they're > super new and most distros don't include one this new (yet). The 2x clock > tick problem was solved around 2.6.15 and was a fault in the linux APIC > implementation and not the chipset itself. I've had mixed results with the > RS480 chipset (ATI w/ integrated video), but the RD480 and RD580 have been > great (particularly with the SIS southbridge that supports AHCI for SATA). > > later, > Steve > Ahh. i've got the RS480 ;-) though not using the onboard graphics as it's got no dvi out. I'll try with 2.6.16 and see how it goes though. Loki
