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Thread-Index: AcXTySuBwBmJNjIYSTuuVT1a34++SQAFfDqwAai3zYA= From: "Murray Taylor" To: Subject: RE: Hardware selection for comment. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:30:24 -0000 =20 Thanks to those who commented.... =20- the PSU is uprated to 600 W now =20 and I have one (hopefully last) question re the video card The supplier has suggested the X800 GT graphics card (a ATI Radeon based card) instead of the nVidia card mentioned below. Comments welcome cheers mjt -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Murray Taylor Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:43 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Hardware selection for comment. Comments requested from people who may have used / broken the=20 following components. I'm looking for items like unwanted interactions, driver probs, etc. >From looking at the 5.4 hardware page=20 http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html=20 the general selection seems to be supported, but I have mental question marks against the graphics card and the response time of the monitor (I intend to use KDE and Xorg, am not interested in flashy games / video, but do want sharp, full colour resolution) There seem to be grumbles from some linux forums re the 6600 locking up=20 occasionally...? Case CoolerMaster Centurion ATX Tower Black/Silver =20 380Watt TruPower CPU Intel Pentium 4 640 3.2Ghz 2MB 775 M/B Asus P5WD2 - Premium M/B =09 http://au.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=3D2&model=3D493&l1=3D3&l2=3D1= 1&l3=3D18 4 Ram 2.048GB (2x-1.024GB) CL3.0 DDR2 533 HDD Seagate 300GB 7200RPM 8MB Optical Drive Pioneer 110-D 16 x DVD/RW Black w/NERO FDD 1.44MB Floppy Drive Black Graphics NVidia Sparkle GF 6600GT 128MB PCIE Tape Certance DDS5 Tape Drive SCSI Card Adaptec 19160 SCSI Card SCSI Cable LVD SCSI Cable K/B, Mouse Microsoft Multimedia Desktop K/B=20 =20 & Optical Mouse Black=20 Monitor SONY 17" SDMX75KB DVI-D 12MS Black LCD =20 thanks all mjt --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. 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