ATI graphic chips (Onboard) do not have the associated issues with Linux that a dedicated ATI chipped GPU has, so the onboard ati video in the ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 motherboard should work fine in Ubuntu.
http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/building/512936-linux-amd-build.html Regards, LelandJ On 12/11/2010 02:39 PM, Leland Jackson wrote: > On 12/11/2010 12:46 PM, Dan Covill wrote: >>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Leland Jackson<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> 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 >> IMO, that's more powerful and expensive than you need for development work. >> >>> 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. >> I'd switch to SATA drives if you possibly can. They're dirt cheap these >> days, and the SATA cables don't block the cooling like IDE do. >> >>>>> ZOTAC ZT-98GEY3G-FSL GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 >>>>> x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card >> Again, more than you need IMO. Don't spend much more than $100 for a >> video card for development. Also, higher end cards draw a LOT more power. >> >>> My monitors have "old fashioned" VGA connectors. I know not of DVI. >>> Are there adaptors, or different card? >> Simple adaptor, plug VGA cable into the adaptor, plug the adaptor into >> the DVI socket. Mine came with the video card. > Remember, the video card will probe the connection to determine the kind > of monitor to which it is connected. If the video card senses a vga > connection, the card will send an analog signal. > > You might consider upgrading your monitor to one that support high > definition. If the video card senses it has a dvi or hdmi connection, > the card will output a digital signal to the hd monitor/HDTV, etc. > > If you're using a video card with dvi, and connecting it to a vga > monitor, you're kind of wasting the the card's real purpose. Just > something to think about. > > >>> 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? >> Can't see why not, providing it's PCIexpress. If not, buy a new one. >> Any SLI video card is overkill. > Almost all current nvidia video cards come with SLI, and you don't > really pay anything extra for that; except, perhaps when buying an SLI > mobo, but If you're not a gamer, you don't need SLI, or ATI's Hybrid > CrossFireX for that matter. > > All the nvidia SLI video cards work just fine in an x16 pci slot, > whether the motherboard is SLI, or Hybrid CrossFireX, as a stand alone, > dedicated video card. Later, if you upgrade your video card, the SLI > feature of the old nvidia card may help when sold on ebay, etc. > > If you're not a gamer you really only need one pci x16 slot for the > video card, but almost all the current ASUS motherboards come with ati > video built in. Anyone know of a future proof mobo without SLI or > CrossFireX? If you want to run a dedicated nvidia video card in an ati > motherboard, (eg the default way for a Linux OS), you just insert it in > the correct slot and disable the onboard ati video in the mobo's BIOS. > > >> I spent a lot less, and still consider my system medium fast. Here's >> what I bought 2 years ago at Fry's: >> Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 59 64.99 >> Motherboard: MSI K9A2 CF (AMD2 slot) 99.99 >> CPU: AMD PHENOM X3 8450 2.16 GHz 109.00 >> Memory: 4 GB DDR2 PC6400 Ballistix 59.99 >> Video Card: Diamond ATI 4650 - 1 GB 109.99 >> Hard Drives: WD3200KSRTL 320 GB (2) 159.98 >> 16 MB buffer, SATA, 7200 rpm >> (Used existing Enermax 480w power supply) >> >> Exact model #s will have changed, but prices haven't gone up. And hard >> drive prices today should be about half what I paid. > The ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 is state of the art, (eg future proof), with > USB3 5GB throughput, and SATA 6GB throughput. The SATA 6GB bandwidth > would allow the speed of SSD, (eg Solid State Disk Drives) to finally be > realized. > > The ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 is very flexible, so you can easily spec it > to your needs, including less powerful cpu, memory speed and quantity, > disk drives, etc. > > This is a build for a Ubuntu OS to run virtual guests, so you want all > the memory, cpu and disk drive power you can get, within reason. This > mobo could be speced modestly now, and if condition change, cpu, memory, > disk drive, etc can later be easily upgraded. This is a quality mobo > with quality components including quality capacitors, etc, so you get > what you pay for. > > > Regards, > > LelandJ > >> Dan Covill >> [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.
