AMD calls their 2 Ghz the 2400+ because when you check the benchmarks it performs on par with an Intel of 2.4 Ghz. All to do with how the instructions are handled in AMD vs Intel CPUs...
The Asus A7N8X doesn't have onboard video, only the 8x capable AGP slot so a videocard is needed.
nVidia made news recently on their change for driver support - this article takes a look at the new setup:
http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/191238&mode=thread
ATI's support is pretty good though I hear.
-----Original Message-----
From: Marcin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: (clug-talk) (hardware) Athlon vs P4
Yesterday, 16:40 -0700, Mark Lane -> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> And yes, Barton core processors are worth the difference. Larger cache and
> faster front side bus.
Isn't that unusual that the clock speed is lower: 2GHz in 2400+ vs 1.83GHz in
2500+? Perhaps they were concerned about the thermal output?
> If you are going with an NForce2 you might want to stick with either
> onboard or another GeForce Graphics card.
Is there an onboard video available with A7N8X Deluxe? I can't find it in the
specs.
So should I buy something like V9180 Magic from Asus? But there is no Asus or
NVIDIA GeForce4 on the X Windows driver status page. And no downloads for
Linux on Asus website.
Thanks.
-- Marcin
