Kevin Philp wrote:
> I am looking to upgrade one of our machines but I have a few
> questions. In terms of motherboards we have recently gone for AMD
> processors with nvidia chipsets - no great reason but they have always
> behaved for us whereas other boards have, on average, been less
> helpful. I know that's purely a subjective viewpoint based on a small
> set of data - but you go with what works.
>> Anyway I have been Googling around and seem to be digging up a lot of
> Linux issues with the Nvidia geforce 8200 chipset. Does anyone have
> experience with this chipset - particularly with Debian/Lenny? We have
> been looking at the Asus M3N78 range of boards and they are 8200
> based. Is my Nvidia/AMD period of computer building coming to an end?
>Yes :)
I've switched to ATI 780G boards.
http://blog.dailykebab.net/2008/11/new-lower-power-server.html
> Kevin.
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