From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 27 00:09:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4431016A420 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:09:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from smtpout1.ywave.com (ycomradius.yelmtel.com [216.227.100.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C1CB143D48 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:08:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: (qmail 14875 invoked by uid 502); 27 Oct 2005 00:08:58 -0000 Received: from dsl28217.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.115.217) by 0 with SMTP; 27 Oct 2005 00:08:58 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.115.217 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl28217.ywave.com Message-ID: <43601A99.7090609@ywave.com> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:08:57 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20050930) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Murray Taylor References: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F1053D7A@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> In-Reply-To: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F1053D7A@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:09:00 -0000 Murray Taylor wrote: > > Thanks to those who commented.... > - the PSU is uprated to 600 W now > > 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 > following components. > I'm looking for items like unwanted interactions, driver probs, etc. > >>From looking at the 5.4 hardware page > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html > 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 > occasionally...? > > > Case CoolerMaster Centurion ATX Tower Black/Silver > 380Watt TruPower > > CPU Intel Pentium 4 640 3.2Ghz 2MB 775 > M/B Asus P5WD2 - Premium M/B > > http://au.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=493&l1=3&l2=11&l3=18 > 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 > & Optical Mouse Black > > Monitor SONY 17" SDMX75KB DVI-D 12MS Black LCD > > > > > thanks all > mjt I'd stay away from ATI unless you are sure FreeBSD/Xorg/DRI supports it. I have a cheap ATI based card and the performance on this machine, even 2D stuff, sucks because the card is only barely supported. HTH, Micah