Chris i've been considering doing something like this myself but was stalled wondering about the GeForce card(s) - as in don't they use an nvidia chipset & doesn't this present problems/hassles for linux users who want to get full use of the card(3D acceleration wise)?
i checked out what i could find at places like xfree86, nvidia, and all the google rest but am just as uncertain as when i began. have you heard much of anything about using these cards on a linux system? also i was a bit worried about the KT400 as some earlier mobo's with via chipsets proved to be problematic(kernel/memory problems) but from what i've managed to find out this board runs linux ok. meaning i haven't found any complaints out there. and, yes there is more, another thing that i really would like cleared up is just what do i gain process wise by going the athlonxp way as opposed to say getting one of the new celerons, given that the prices are roughly equal? anyone? re your question: i've done that before with newly put together boxes, twice it went ok - kudzu just twigged to all the "new" stuff and walked thru the changes - once it craped out completely and i had to use a rescue disk and change all the relevant config files by hand. given the robustness of the mandrake boot-time hardware checker i'd say you shouldn't have any problems given that it's all standard off the shelf stuff we're talking about. cheers peter ================================== On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:19:46 +1300 Chris Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I hope to buy an upgrade package from somewhere like Computer Broker. > It will consist of an ATX mobo (KT400 chipset), AthlonXP 2000+/2400+ > (haven't decided which yet), 300W ATX case, and 256MB DDR333 RAM... > Oh, and a GeForceFX 5600 (maybe an Ultra if price is right). > > I will use the CD-ROM and 20GB hard disk from my current box. The disk > is loaded with Mandrake 9.1. My question is can I just transplant the > disks over to the new PC, start it and let the new hardware daemon > take care of any "oh crikey, this wasn't the hardware I booted on last > time!" issues with Mandrake? > > Any advice is welcome... > > -- > Kind regards, > > Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zealand. > Remove spamblocker to send replies direct to my email... > > >
