-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sean Darby wrote: > Hi Davide, > > Thank you for the suggestions. > > I've recently noticed more people recommending ATI and Intel - > specifically of the *nix community - where originally I was hearing more > of a mix of Intel and AMD and mostly NVIDIA... It looks like it's all > pretty close in price (an AMD and Intel (both quads) of similar specs > are only about $5 apart). > > I'm guessing either Intel or AMD motherboards will work fine with Linux > and Unix. > I have had nothing but problems with AM2 motherboards (4 different chipsets), so I would recommend against AMD right now. The out of the box experience has been the most positive with Intel hardware (this is also true of wireless adaptors). Essentially I am back in the Intel camp solely based on my experiences with Intel hardware under Linux.
> However, I am concerned about which GPU will work better. > Intel stuff works out of the box. ATI has open source drivers now which should be packaged with Intrepid. If buying today, I would stick with Intel, but ATI should be a good buy in the near future. I believe that the new ATI drivers are in Intrepid, but from a Ubuntu Studio perspective I would stick with 8.04 for now. > Thanks again for the input. Hth, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI9nkWwRXgH3rKGfMRAlV/AKCjcxiSK5IhNEgcSe3gSSZeLrwuaQCdHwbN b9mI0fTr/lGYAncdkiVJ9lk= =sw9r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
