Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:06:58 +0200 From: Robert Andersson <streambag@streambag.se> To: Brad Mettee <bmettee@pchotshots.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new hardware - compatible? Message-ID: <20080612180658.3275b4e3@streambag.se> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20080612091523.0362dee8@mail.agoron.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20080612091523.0362dee8@mail.agoron.net>
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:35:39 -0400 Brad Mettee <bmettee@pchotshots.com> wrote: > Intel Quad Core Extreme 3Ghz, LGA775 > Asus P5K-E Motherboard (P35 chipset, Onboard LAN) > 4G Kingston DDR 2 RAM (PC2 6400) > Seagate 500G, SATA 2, 7200RPM > GeForce 7200GS 128MB 32-bit GDDR2 PCI-E x16 Video Card (basically a > cheap vid card) > Samsung SATA CD-ROM One important note may be that you will probably want to use the 64-bit version of FreeBSD (called AMD64) to use all that RAM. However, as far as I know, the proprietary nvidia drivers will not work in 64-bit mode. Since you don't seem to be aiming at massive graphics performance, perhaps the open source drivers will suffice? / Robert
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