Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (470 mails)

[Frederic Soulier <frederic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 24 May 2004 19:46, rrpalma@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> thanks for your help!
>
> Frederic:  Which specific nVidia card would you suggest for 3D /
> games?

nVidia 5900 XT have a good performance/price ratio (~140 pounds 
sterling)

New nVidia 6800 will be far more powerful (x2) but at ~350 pounds 
sterling are not cheap! and the current linux nVidia driver probably 
doesn't support it although nVidia will probably add support for it 
at the same time they release a driver supporting 4K stacks in the 
kernel (shouldn't be too long).

I have a Sparkle 5900XT in a XP box (never tried it on my linux box) 
and an Asus Ti4200 (v9280s I believe) in my linux box and it has been 
playing RTCW pretty damn well!
You can probably get a Ti4200 for £50 on eBay.


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> Frederic Soulier <frederic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 05/24/2004 09:37 AM
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> Re: [suse-amd64] SuSE 9.1 and dual Opteron system
>
> On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 15:21, rrpalma@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I just joined this list, after browsing the archives for several
> > days
>
> ---
>
> > it seems to be full of knowledgeable people.
> >
> > So here's my question:
> >
> > I'm planning on setting up a dual Opteron workstation.
> > Issue #1:  People tell me to wait since AMD will be changing the
> > CPU
>
> specs
>
> > (from 940 to 939 pins)
>
> Well, at the moment
>    Amd64 Opteron (1xx, 2xx, 4xx, 8xx)          socket 940
>    Amd64 FX 51, 53                             socket 940
>    Amd64 2800, 3000, 3200, 3400                socket 754
>
> Socket 939 will appear in the next 2 weeks at Comdex.
>
> Opteron will still use socket 940. Socket 754 will co-exist with
> (new) socket 939 until it gets phased out.
>
> If you want a dual Opteron there is no other choice than socket
> 940.
>
> > Issue #2: If I don't wait, I' m planning on using a Tyan Thunder
> > K8W (S2885) motherboard, but am not certain on which medium to
> > high end graphics card and sound card (perhaps SB Audigy2) to
> > get? I would like
>
> to
>
> > avoid any compatibility problems..
>
> nVidia, although proprietary drivers, is probably the best choice
> under linux if you want good 3D at least for games.
> For high end I don't know.
>
> --
> Frederic Soulier <frederic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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