Thanks for all input on compatible hardware for a SuSE 9.0 AMD64 out-of-the-box workstation instalation.
I now purchased a Tyan Tiger K8W (s2875) with 2 x Opteron 244, 2 x 1GB Kingston reg. memory and an ASUS Geforce FX 5900 graphics card, which should work fine. (with the Nvidia binary for 3D)
The only thing left is my SCSI controller to connect 2 x Maxtor 10K-IV U320.
I cannot find much information about compatibility besides that the adaptec controlers "should probably work". So I'm planning the Adaptec 19160 or the 29160N.
Does anybody have experience that either or both of these controlers work or not with this SuSE version? (Or maybe advise another controler)
Thanks again.
Emile van Mierlo
"Emile van Mierlo" geeko@xs4all.nl writes:
Thanks for all input on compatible hardware for a SuSE 9.0 AMD64 out-of-the-box workstation instalation.
I now purchased a Tyan Tiger K8W (s2875) with 2 x Opteron 244, 2 x 1GB Kingston reg. memory and an ASUS Geforce FX 5900 graphics card, which should work fine. (with the Nvidia binary for 3D)
The only thing left is my SCSI controller to connect 2 x Maxtor 10K-IV U320.
I cannot find much information about compatibility besides that the adaptec controlers "should probably work". So I'm planning the Adaptec 19160 or the 29160N.
I've tested the 29160 and it works - the 19160 should work the same since it's the same driver,
Andreas
Emile van Mierlo may (or may not) have said:
I now purchased a Tyan Tiger K8W (s2875) with 2 x Opteron 244, 2 x 1GB Kingston reg. memory and an ASUS Geforce FX 5900 graphics card, which should work fine. (with the Nvidia binary for 3D)
Almost the same config as I've got. I would recommend getting 4 sticks of memory, then you can get the mobo to interleave nicely. I've got the 5950 video card, it works great with nvidia's 64bit drivers. I wouldn't even sweat any 32bit GL software either. You'll have to run those with software GL, but I was still getting the same performance as the ATI9600Pro in my UP Athlon XP. The second processor handles the software GL load very nicely. On the hardware GL side, the 64bit equivalent apps are running anywhere from 4 - 10 times quicker.
Mike
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