Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 11:05:05 -0400 From: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: which kinds of AMD work withh FBSD? Message-ID: <11FF41BD-AF26-11D8-B628-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com> In-Reply-To: <20040525220707.GB37698@tao.thought.org> References: <20040525044508.GA13463@tao.thought.org> <20040525053009.GA89377@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040525055338.GA17244@tao.thought.org> <200405250041.47675.kstewart@owt.com> <20040525220707.GB37698@tao.thought.org>
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> > On this server (i815), the video uses the system SDRAM and > since I'm not a gamer whatever chip-set this has is adequate. > Anyboy know what kind of on-board video comes with the > AMD mobo's? (Am I going to be pulling my hair trying to get > it working? in other words.) > > gary > > Intel chipset boards for pentiums almost always use an intel graphics chipset. On amd based boards, it varies greatly what you get. I would assume an nforce chipset with onboard would probably use a nvidia chipsest. Via and sis boards are bound to have different video chipsets. Short answer: it depends on the motherboard. I bought an asus board without onboard video for this reason and got a lowend nvidia agp card to throw in since i knew it was supported by nvidia's drivers. (nforce 2 motherboard chipset) That worked out rather nicely. One other thing to consider is online shopping. My local computer store has a barebones for $250 but i can build the same system using newegg.com for $200 with better parts. (i.e. asus board, name brand ram, etc) I saw a case on there for 25 bucks the other day. Locally the cheapest cases are 45 (both with power supply). I'm sure there are other sites too. Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) 'Mmm... forbidden donut' -- Homer Jay Simpson
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