Athlon/Duron & AGP

[Peter Lieverdink]

On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 19:35 -0400, Steve wrote:
> On 9/7/05, Douglas Alves <alves5 at cantv.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Is Intel the best option for Linux users?
> 
> I think AMD is the best option for Linux users. Intel is still VERY
> close to Microsoft as well as being about double the price of
> comparable AMD CPUs.
> 
> Also, NVidia seems to work extremely well with Linux. I am using an
> AMD Athlon CPU with NVidia NForce2 chipset Asus board and NVidia
> chipset MSI video AGP card. Works fantastic with many distros that I
> have tried (both installed and live CD). If you stick with NVidia
> chipsets in both your motherboard and video cards, you should have no
> problems in Linux (although I don't promise anything)... :-)
> 
> HTH.
> 
> -Steve.

There are pretty much always going to be compatibility issues if you buy
the absolute latest hardware. With stuff that's at a decent price point
in the market (in between 6 and 12 months old) you should generally have
no compatibility issues. Laptops excepted.

I agree with Steve that AMD gives you more value for money, but then,
prices where you live may differ from what I pay.

For gfx, I'd recommend nvidia. Their Linux drivers are much better than
the ATI ones and will give you performance about equal to what it would
be on Windows. They also support AMD64 properly.

As for chipsets, the nForce3 I have works fine. I did wait for about 6
months after it was initially released, so Linux support would mature.
I've not had any problems with it.

Cheers,
- P.