On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, David McLean wrote:
Just looking for any recommendations for computer hardware to use or to
stay away from. I'm looking to build a reasonably fast, dual/multi
processor system but can't afford to end up with a system that is so
cutting edge that it is not supported. Our institution gets good deals
through Dell so I'm sure they will purchase a Dell system as opposed to
specifying individual components, but I'm still concerned with SATA
support and various graphics device support. <br>
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Any suggestions, recommendations, or warnings are welcome!<br>
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Stay away from:
Nvidia chipset based motherboards.
Nvidia Quatro 420 video cards. Note that Dell sells this card.
They install the vesa driver and you get "wimpy video". The Nvidia
graphics driver installs but never finds any "screens".
-Connie Sieh
