Building new machine -- Ubuntu compatible?

[Derek Maciel]

Some nice points you bring up. A few things I'd like to add though:

I won't be doing any gaming on Ubuntu, but instead, dual booting
Windows 7 x64 (I don't have a licence key for Windows XP x64). When it
comes to gaming, many of the games I like to play are only available
to Windows, and my friend has recently purchased the Radeon, and I
really like it, which is why I'm going with it. However, if you feel
I'd get more performance on both Linux AND Windows for about the same
price or maybe a bit more, than of course I'll go with the nVidia. ;)

The maximum power I'd probably need for the video card is to be able
to play Portal 2 when it comes out, and maybe Starcraft 2. Therefore,
the card I've chosen works fine for that description. However, like I
mentioned before, this is a long-term build since I'm saving up money
and buying individual parts as I have the money for them. That is why
I'll be buying the video card LAST, as the motherboard has internal
graphics.

About the RAM: I've never had a computer with more than 512MB of RAM,
and even the computer I'm using right now is 512MB. With that aside,
I'm planning on buying a single 2GB stick of RAM just to get it built
and to save up money for the graphics card, and then maybe later I'll
buy an additional 4GB stick.

Thanks,
~Derek

On 11 September 2010 19:24, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> Derek Maciel wrote:
>> The computer I'm using right now is NOT good for Ubuntu. I meet the
>> system requirements, sure, but after a random amount of minutes pass,
>> the entire screen freezes. I did some research on the problem and it
>> turns out that my integrated Intel graphics card is so old, that
>> Ubuntu no longer supports it. On older versions of Ubuntu, the
>> freezing is much less common, but 3D capability is null and even 2D
>> flash games or Youtube goes very slow.
>>
>> So, I'm building a new computer (this will be my first computer built
>> and my first computer ever with a CPU better than a single-core P4),
>> and I'll post some of the components below, but I'm wondering if
>> anyone sees a problem on this? I won't be gaming or anything, but
>> finally seeing Desktop Effects on Ubuntu for myself or playing a
>> simple 3D game would be GREAT. =)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> ~Derek
>
> If you plan on playing 3d games, then you'll probably want to install an
> Nvidia card rather than that Radeon.  OTOH, if you aren't really all
> that interested in gaming, and would rather a fully open source system,
> then forgo the video upgrade and stay with the on board Radeon 3000.
> Should work fine for 3d desktop effects with open source drivers that
> are available and in use today, rather than some year (or in the case of
> AMD, decade, it seems) in the future.  Unfortunately, as is the case
> with most Mini-atx boards, you won't have any spare memory slots.... I
> would consider getting 4GB of memory from the go, since any future
> memory upgrades will mean tossing out your existing ram.
>
>
>
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