On 2017-09-11 12:34, Gaijin wrote: > On 2017-09-11 10:17, taii...@gmx.com wrote: >> On 09/11/2017 05:45 AM, Gaijin wrote: >> >>> My company forces me to only buy Dell hardware. They're OK with me >>> running Qubes on my next workstation, but I'm a bit unsure about what >>> hardware options to choose, and would appreciate any advice. >> That's pretty lame you can't build your own and get a real mans >> computer - one that is owner controlled (ex: talos2, kcma-d8/kgpe-d16) >>> Being uncertain of the Qubes 4.x requirements more than a year ago I put >>> in a request for a Dell Precision T5810 workstation with: >>> CPU: Xeon E5-2630 v4 (10 cores) >>> RAM: 64GB 2400MHz DDR4 RDIMM ECC RAM >>> Graphics: AMD FirePro W7100 >>> >>> However, looking at the 4.x requirements page and some forum threads, it >>> doesn't sound like AMD graphics cards are very Qubes-friendly. My only >>> other option at this product level is an nVidia Quadro (or AMD Radeon). >> Nonsense, as with any linux video driver issue it depends on how new >> the hardware is. >> The professional series card means you can contact AMD for skilled >> tech support, I would also get Dell's ProSupport so that you can get >> an american on the phone. >> >> Nvidia is unfriendly to open source and virtualization (on their >> consumer devices) even more than AMD these days so I wouldn't, I for >> one dislike recompiling the kernel every time I update an nvidia >> computer running linux. >>> I'd like to know if this looks like a good setup to proceed with, or if >>> I should consider something else (within the Dell lineup/options). >>> >>> If I wanted to get a Xeon chip with the built-in Intel Graphics built in >>> I could look at the Precision 3000 series where they offer machines with >>> a Xeon E3-1275 with only 4 cores, and a maximum of 64GB RAM. Only >>> problem there is that I run a lot of simultaneous Qubes, including >>> Windows, so I was concerned that I couldn't expand the RAM on this >>> machine in the future if necessary. I'll be stuck with this machine >>> quite a while, so I wanted to make the most of this purchase. >> 64gb is fine, if you want to save your (their?) money. > > Yeah, I suggested some other hardware, but they wouldn't budge on that > point, so I have to make do with Dell. I'll have to save the good stuff > for the home build... > > So you think I could get away with the AMD graphics card and the E5 Xeon > setup? Or will I be saving myself a lot of hassle by going with the > integrated Intel graphics on the slightly lower end processor? > > Part of my motivation here is to hopefully have Qubes up and running on > this machine without too much hassle...like recompiling kernels or > spending tons of time with support.
Was wondering about this myself. Are the AMD graphics cards better than nVidia? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/d34f46ce865532f27d32f0714ad887d4%40riseup.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
