For what it's worth, I have had good luck with older Dell Optiplex P4 machines. But I think I will go for one of the mini-itx motherboards in the future given that they are relatively inexpensive and small enough that I could squeeze one into my controller box and free up some real estate in my quite small shop.
>________________________________ > From: Alan Browning <ajbrowning2...@yahoo.com> >To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:20 PM >Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Which video card/driver for LinuxCNC? > >Thanks for the quick response. So you build your machines from the ground up >with new componenets? Due to budget limitations I have to build things on the >cheap. So I was thinking of obtaining a refurbished machine and adding a video >card. I think the mainboards that you name are likely to be much newer than >anything I would obtain going the refurbished route. > > > >________________________________ >From: Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> >To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:51 PM >Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Which video card/driver for LinuxCNC? > >2012/2/19 Alan Browning <ajbrowning2...@yahoo.com>: >> I'm in the beginning stages of planning a DIY CNC machine using Ubuntu and >> LinuxCNC. The Problematic Hardware section of the doc says that onboard >> video is problematic. > >I think that the statement about onboard video cards being problematic >is either obsolete or is true for specific mainboard models, because >there is huge number of LinuxCNC users that have D510MO / D525MW >mainboards in their LinuxCNC machines and are very happy about them. >Latency numbers are good and there are no complaints about videocard >performance. >I have built 4 such machines and will continue on using this exact >line of mainboards in future. > >Viesturs > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning >Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing >also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. >http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning >Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing >also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. >http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
