Comments on Linux support for AMD64s
by Mike Stoddart · in Technical Issues · 12/02/2004 (3:54 pm) · 1 replies
I'm planning a major upgrade to my PC, and since I want to use Linux for development, I thought I'd post here and ask the experts! I'm worried about hardware support for modern graphics cards, motherboards and AMD64 processors in Linux, so if anyone has experience with this running under Fedora or Ubuntu, please let me know how well it works for you.
I'm looking at:
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM NFORCE3 ULTRA S939 AGP 5PCI SATA 1394 SOUND 1000LAN MOTHERBOARD
2-5 Business Days 12534 $189.24 $189.24
CORSAIR VALUE SELECT DUAL CHANNEL 1024MB KIT PC3200 DDR CAS2.5 2X512MB
In Stock 9821 $217.74 $217.74
XFX GEFORCE 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 AGP 8X DUAL DVI & TV OUT VIDEO CARD
In Stock 13402 $309.98 $309.98
AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ PROCESSOR S939 2.0GHZ 512KB L2 CACHE RETAIL BOX
In Stock 12843 $239.98 $239.98
ZALMAN CNPS7000A-CU AMD P4 S462 S478 S754 S939 S940 COPPER 1350-2400RPM 20-25DBA CPU HEATSINK FAN
This product can only be exchanged or replaced with the exact same item only.
In Stock 10100 $48.97 $48.97
All from http://www.ncix.com and these are pre-tax prices in CAN$.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated!
Thanks
I'm looking at:
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM NFORCE3 ULTRA S939 AGP 5PCI SATA 1394 SOUND 1000LAN MOTHERBOARD
2-5 Business Days 12534 $189.24 $189.24
CORSAIR VALUE SELECT DUAL CHANNEL 1024MB KIT PC3200 DDR CAS2.5 2X512MB
In Stock 9821 $217.74 $217.74
XFX GEFORCE 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 AGP 8X DUAL DVI & TV OUT VIDEO CARD
In Stock 13402 $309.98 $309.98
AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ PROCESSOR S939 2.0GHZ 512KB L2 CACHE RETAIL BOX
In Stock 12843 $239.98 $239.98
ZALMAN CNPS7000A-CU AMD P4 S462 S478 S754 S939 S940 COPPER 1350-2400RPM 20-25DBA CPU HEATSINK FAN
This product can only be exchanged or replaced with the exact same item only.
In Stock 10100 $48.97 $48.97
All from http://www.ncix.com and these are pre-tax prices in CAN$.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Torque 3D Owner Ronny Bangsund
Torque Cheerleaders
it supports some things :)
Debian for AMD64 detected *all* my hardware right off the CD.
It's really just a tiny "springboard" installer with core networking,
all sorts of drivers installed and some basic programs, but even my
TV-card was supported. Linux on 64-bit doesn't have the driver problem
you'd find on Windows; when you recompile a kernel, you recompile
the drivers. Pre-packaged works well, too.
I also use an NForce 3 chipset (however you spell it), and nVidia
graphics cards. No problems there, as NVidia provide 64-bit drivers.
The 6600GT is what I want too, after much comparing of data.
Win32 drivers are iffy at the moment, and I dunno about Linux drivers.
The latter seem to be at a lower version number than the former.
Take that however you want it. A nice, new set of drivers is expected
over xmas (and may be in beta now - might be possible to find them,
if so).
Everything you listed there looks cool, and those Canadian prices are
nice..you lucky sod :)
The only downer right now:
I bought Torque today, after having wanted it for a long time. The dollar
was cheap, too, so I paid about $2 more than GTA:SA cost over here.
Bad news is that it won't compile with Debian AMD64 and GCC2.x
or 3.3. I'll post about that after this.