On 12/10/2010 08:21 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Leland Jackson<[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks, Leland -- > > Hardware dummy that I am, I have a couple of questions: > >> 1) ASUS M4A89TD PRO AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard: $174.99 > One issue for me: I have some big IDE drives that I'll need to use. > That doesn't look like it has SATA and IDE controllers, only SATA. Am > I interpreting that right? I have had trouble with IDE add-on boards. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> ZOTAC ZT-98GEY3G-FSL GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 >>> x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card > My monitors have "old fashioned" VGA connectors. I know not of DVI. > Are there adaptors, or different card?
Yes, newegg and mwave had something like 23 pages of video cards, so there are lots of choices, but I think nvidia video cards are better supported in Linux, so I would go with a video card that had the nvidia chipset. You would need a dvi adapter to hook up your VGA monitors. The ZOTAC Geforce 9800 GT would probably come with a dvi to vga adapter card in the box. My wife brought a Samsung HDTV for her monitor, so I brought her a video card that had an hdmi port to hook up to her HDTV monitor, which worked beautifully, but required an expensive hdmi cable, which almost always is not included. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=dvi+to+vga+adaptor&x=0&y=0 > Also, all of the feedback is from gamer dudes. I don't "game," won't > "game" with this computer. Is this card overkill for me? I have a > NVidia 7300 GS card on another computer. Could I use that? I like motherboards that can be overclocked and still remain stable; although, I never overclock my motherboards. That mean the motherboard is all the more stable when not overclocked. LOL The faster motherboards that gamers use help folks like you and I; because, it mean faster transfers of file, programs that run faster, less latency, etc. So far as your video goes, you could try the video built into your new motherboard and compare that with your 7300 GS nvidia card run off a pci x16 slot to see which works best. If you decide you want to get into more video intensive stuff, like HDTV movies, gaming, etc, then you could look at upgrading at that time. > Ken > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
