<div class="gmail_quote">On 16 September 2010 20:30, Ric Moore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wayward4now@gmail.com" target="_blank">wayward4now@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 20:10 +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 01:41:38PM +0200, Wouter van Vliet wrote:<br>
> > I'm looking into buying a new computer, and as much as I know about certain<br>
> > aspects of the whole computing world, I haven't really been keeping myself<br>
> > updated on which hardware is good and in particular what works good together<br>
> > with Ubuntu.<br>
> ><br>
> > What I've put together is the following:<br>
> ><br>
> > CPU:AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0GHz AM3Mainboard:ASUS M4A785T-M DDR3 AM3 S-940<br>
> > RAM:4GB DDR3 1333MHz CL9 Geil (2x2GB)Grafikkort:1024MB ASUS GeF GT220 G DI<br>
><br>
> NVidia is not a good choice for an Ubuntu system. You're either using<br>
> the closed-source driver (assuming it works) and suffering from random<br>
> bugs/crashes, or you're using reverse-engineered open-source drivers<br>
> (assuming they work) and suffering from random bugs/crashes _and_ poor<br>
> performance.<br>
><br>
> AMD/ATI is somewhat better in that they're publishing the hardware specs<br>
> and developing open drivers, but if you get their latest cards, expect<br>
> the open drivers to be unavailable yet.<br>
><br>
> Intel is the best bet (if you avoid the rare closed chipset like the<br>
> Poulsbo) for optimal compatibility, but their video hardware isn't as<br>
> powerful. It's perfectly sufficient for fast desktop effects, though.<br>
<br>
</div>I've never heard such reports from the gamer crowd. nVidia has the<br>
longest running track record of actually working, for many years. For<br>
me, nVidia has been the only choice for heavy industrial 3D<br>
acceleration. Intel has been on the lowest rung for 3D performance, for<br>
a long time, with ATI somewhere in between. Ric<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I feel like I can't thank you guys enough, and I'm glad I asked. I myself am tempted to stay away from at least Intel video cards, due bad to experience with it on my Toshiba Satellite with a Mobile Intel® 943GML Express. I've seen performance getting better of it with every new release of Ubuntu, but I still don't feel it works as it should.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But now I'm torn again, with mixed reports about both nVidia and Intel.</div><div><br></div><div>As for my usage, I'm not a gamer so I probably won't be needing all of the power of the video card. As a matter of fact, I'm a website developer - so the main thing for me is that the system is stable, very stable, that I can play in-browser video (yes, flash as well) without overheating my video card and can enjoy the Ubuntu's graphical effects to some degree. And of course it should run vi - but I don't think I could find a system which would have a problem with that.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Another thing is that it'd be nice to be able to run a windows system inside VirtualBox mainly to test for IE bugs in websites. Should I need to do some development in Adobe Flash - I can live with making it a dual boot.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Instead of the GeF GT220, I could imagine going for this one: 1024MB XFX ATI HD4550 DDR2 Silent PCI-E, if I can conclude that ATI can actually perform better and more stable on Ubuntu.</div><div><br></div>
<div>But can I?</div><div><br></div><div>So, update on how the system could currently look:</div><div><br></div><div><div>CPU:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Intel Core i5-650 3.20GHz 4MB S-1156</div>
<div>Mainboard:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ASUS P7H55-M/SI DDR3 mATX S-1156</div><div>RAM:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4GB DDR3 1333MHz CL9 Geil (2x2GB)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Grafikkort Option X:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1024MB XFX ATI HD5670 775M DDR5 PCI-E</div><div>Grafikkort Option Q:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>1024MB ASUS GeF GT220 G DI DDR2 PCI-E-296</div>
<div><br></div><div>Harddisk:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>500GB Western Digital 7200rpm 16MB SATA2</div><div>Harddisk SSD:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>40GB Intel X25-V SSD SATA 2.5 Retail</div>
<div>Kabinet:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cooler Master Elite 310 Orange/Sort u/PSU</div><div>Strømforsyning:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>650W Energon EPS-650 120mm</div>
<div>CPU Køler:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Standard Intel Køler</div><div>DVD Brænder:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>22x Samsung DVD/RW DL Sort SATA</div><div>
Netkort Trådløst:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Linksys Wireless 300Mbps PCI</div><div>Kortlæser:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>All-in-1 Intern kortlæser sort</div>
</div></div>