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Haran
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 Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject: NForce2 or KT880? |
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Hi all,
I need a new mobo.
Nforce2 (NF7-S rev.2) and KT880 (A7V880 or Abit K7W) are both great chipset under win32 but which one works best and have the best support under linux?
Can we trust in nvidia future support?
TIA
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Sorry for my bad english  |
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chunderbunny
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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From a performance point of view, the Nforce 2 chipset works very well. The kernel IDE driver is exellent. You won't be able to use the full capabilities of the onboard Nforce Soundstorm audio chipset (it only works in non-mixed stereo AC 97 mode) and I've heard using the NForce ethernet can be problematic. Fortunately my A7N8X has two ethernet ports and the 3Com port is well supported.
That's just my experience of the Nforce 2 chipset, I don't know much about the KT880 chipset. |
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jonnevers
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: NForce2 or KT880? |
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| Haran wrote: | Hi all,
I need a new mobo.
Nforce2 (NF7-S rev.2) and KT880 (A7V880 or Abit K7W) are both great chipset under win32 but which one works best and have the best support under linux?
Can we trust in nvidia future support?
TIA
P.S.
Sorry for my bad english |
I have the NF7-S v2 mobo and I am extremely pleased with its performance and stability running linux. the poster above me made true points.
1) nforce2 performs well, as an IDE chip it has fantastic support under linux
2) the ehternet uses a reverse engineered driver called forcedeth. I have absolutely no problems using the built in ethernet port with the forcedeth driver (i've been through at least 8 kernels and none had a problem here).
3) forget about the built in audio. I have friends who can get by using the AC97 non-hardware mixed sound support for the nforce2. but I just paid 50 bucks for a sb live and never looked back.
As a now, I use love-sources, now at 2.6.8.1
and i recommend the abit board. abit is a good company. |
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