Mehul Ved wrote: > On 8/10/08, km <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> MOTHERBOARD P5K64 WS > > Looking at the specifications[1], doesn't seem it may have serious > problems, except if you're planning to use crossfire. I have no idea > about crossfire support on linux. >
i think it's SLI compatible. >> GPU NVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB >> (denied availability of all specific makes i >> mentioned; ZOTAC, XFX, ASUS) :( > > Try rashi peripherals[2]. But why are you buying a crossfire > compatible board with a Nvidia graphics cards? Both the nVidia graphic card and the specified MoBo are SLI compatible, although I won't be using it at least in the immediate future; i look forward to have a dual graphic card setup soon though. Therefore SLI. AFAIK, Crossfire is specific to ATI cards. I just hope I did my homework right :) Will check on this once more and will confirm. > >> RAM 2 X 2GB Transcend Modules >> (I've heard that windoze xp (32 bit) etc do not >> support more than 3GB of RAM; never confirmed >> though. But I would be most interested to learn, >> if there is any such limitation with 32 bit >> Linux distros too! I would be mostly using >> 32-bit platform for now) > > Check highmem and bigmem. Also, see this article[5] Sure, thanks a lot, will check this out too. > >> I believe the other components (HDD, Monitor, etc), should not >> be a matter of any concern in this regard, however, please share >> any experiences if you will :) > > Not related to linux, but avoid Samsung optical drives, I have seen > quite a few people facing problems with it after a year. It's either > with the tray or with reading the discs. > Yep. I agree. I will go for an LG or LiteOn one. Most probably an LG one. Hope the new SATA DVD RW drives pose no problem with Linux. Any experience with these? > > 1. > http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1692&l1=3&l2=11&l3=534&l4=0 > 2. http://www.rptechindia.com/New/Main%20Page.asp > 3. > 4. > 5. http://www.linux.com/feature/119287 Thank you very much for taking time to consider my query Mehul :) Regards kamal -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
