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 1QdBnr-0006wt-BE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:48:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B514521C080; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 01:47:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f53.google.com (mail-pz0-f53.google.com [209.85.210.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C1B521C080 for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 01:47:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk6 with SMTP id 6so3122211pzk.40 for ; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:47:30 -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=UNjC6rhvN68XIVDhlSyfUePjrmDXrGG1ZOtn+/wXJnk=; b=BLkQdAsRHaffl8kI7NKSLtKrciTdj5Zvxjg2bz2yclZnBO56O9KiD4UTvtr3pJZVXl OyH7xwmVgJWPnXvGN5dEEQIF8J96qt2Jcg+HdTu3XSoJPSREdigzpUI4ka+uVG1E2SF7 mf6ce58Pkoe5KnDQt0sdfyxISTm8iltuqPuhQ= Received: by 10.68.9.132 with SMTP id z4mr5270182pba.282.1309657650715; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:47:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (76-218-80-172.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net [76.218.80.172]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m7sm2930488pbk.70.2011.07.02.18.47.29 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:47:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E0FCA31.2040707@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:47:29 -0700 From: JD User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110428 Fedora/3.1.10-1.fc14 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 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: <20110703012631.GH3049@solfire> In-Reply-To: <20110703012631.GH3049@solfire> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: d7de266262e6b4dc2754c8ba58609f93 On 07/02/2011 06:26 PM, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > Grant [11-07-03 01:12]: >>>>> 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? >>> Yep. Unless you have old ATI hardware. Current hardware doesn't work well. >>> Since he wants to buy new stuff, NVidia is recommended. >> That's what I was afraid of. The fact that Nvidia has stopped making >> onboard video will pose a problem. I could install an Nvidia video >> card but I'm trying to keep temps low and I don't want a third fan in >> the case. >> >> - Grant >> > Hi Grant, > > half a year ago my motherboard lost its blue smoke and I had to buy a > new PC (the rest of the old one was outdated). > > One of my thoughts was: No graphics card with a fan! > > But the guy in the store said, that graphics cards without a fan has a > problem: Either they are to slow (less heat) to be bought by the > people or they are fast enough to be bought, but they will die > sooner/easier due to a too hot GPU. > > He gave me a card with fans and said: "If you hear something too loud > -- bring it back." > I tested the card and: Nothing. The only thing I hear is the very > quiet fan of the PC case. > > The card is a: MSI N430GT PCI Express 2.0. > > It has two fans, which means lesser noise since both fans can run > at lower speed. > > You said, you will not need a gamer graphics card. But if you are a > fan of rendering (Blender,Luxrendere etc...) you may consider a card > with more muscles since GPU based rendering is the way to go. > > BUT: > When reading the driver informations from nvidia I found that the > sections saying "Added support for...." are still missing the GT 430. > I dont know whether this has any impact to you work -- the card runs > well with Linux and the OpenGL-based Blender does not have any > problems (its GPU based render engine is currently under development > so I didnt test that...) > > If you are intereseted in the setup of my PC, post me a mail! > > Best regards, > mcc Interesting recommendation. Which of the two has a better history of providing good support for linux drivers for their products?