From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qd61P-00066o-GN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:38:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7BAE321C04E; Sat, 2 Jul 2011 19:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f181.google.com (mail-iw0-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4916121C04E for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2011 19:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn37 with SMTP id 37so4832275iwn.40 for ; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:37:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=fWRz3fUJ+EHWgOGRVUcERa4Q9vE3HnmPLLBCCHCn4lQ=; b=jutNRsQ7FTjCZSLCy6JrY2jqk/BAYg3NO5bJXUHW5dOgJ4Luy/PnSYeSxolc4fLEOy mzMiMCt7r1JagkwX3ijT8pvtxJ6+7s9Ia+wPwF4wtJa0sDQLBMmdcB4VzbtfLCr4wKLX wr6MUGCywRI51vVqTbIt0hSUHf5c3kCwt/TKU= Received: by 10.43.50.73 with SMTP id vd9mr4889096icb.472.1309635422655; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:37:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-108-190.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.108.190]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f19sm2613055ibl.15.2011.07.02.12.36.59 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:37:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E0F7357.3000208@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:36:55 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110606 Gentoo/2.0.14-r1 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 1ed957f079311e3d1213e330240bb82d Grant wrote: >> My motherboard is getting flaky and it's time for a new one. I have >> an AMD 6000+ CPU, 4GB DDR2/800 RAM, 2TB SATA2 HD, Blu-Ray burner, PCI >> wireless card, 400W power supply, and ATX case. I could replace any >> of these components if it's worthwhile for some new feature, but I may >> as well keep them if it's not. >> >> The most important thing is reliability and Linux compatibility but I >> also need HDMI and I figure USB 3.0 is a good idea. The system is for >> playing music and movies, no gaming whatsoever. If you're familiar >> with the current hardware scene, where would you go from here as far >> as a motherboard and other components? Any features a Gentoo'er >> should look for? >> >> - Grant >> > Is Nvidia still the way to go instead of ATI? I use the nouveau > drivers with my onboard Nvidia chipset now and they've been fine for > the most part. I use a threaded ffmpeg to decode HD video instead of > VDPAU so I don't bother with nvidia-drivers. > > - Grant > > > I don't have any experience with ATI but I still use Nvidia and their drivers. I haven't had any problems as of yet. I did have a video problem once but it was a kernel problem. For me, I see no need in me getting a ATI card. That's just me. Dale :-) :-)