Re: Does linux support Intels 865G chipset?

From: Stephan (fly_at_jo.com)
Date: 08/12/03 

Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:07:09 +0200

In article <3F380431.A54FB455@hotmail.com>, clarkphotography@hotmail.com
says...
>
> I'm running an Asus P4P800 Deluxe with almost the same features as your
> Shuttle except that the Asus board uses the Intel 865PE chipset.
>
> It works VERY well in Linux.
>
> The only caveats I found were - the integrated audio and Nic have no
> readily available drivers (so I used my existing NIC card and sound card
> and disabled the onboard Nic and sound chips). The onboard IEEE-1394
> works flawlessly, no kernel tweaking needed.
>
> But those have nothing do with the Intel chipset, of course.
>
> Still I have to ask why you'd go with such a poorly performing graphics
> chip as is integrated into the 865G?!
>
> Personally, I think you'd be much better off with an AGP graphics card
> based on an Nvidia or ATI chip. I have a MSI FX5600VTDR card (Nvidia
> chip) and works really well.
>

Kieth,

Thank you for the reply.
For me it is necessary that al the chips on the main board work. Because
the Shuttle has just 1 PCI slot to spare. But you are right to point out
that the Intel chipset does work. I'm one step closer to using Linux on
my new PC.

On your question about the graphics card. I'm not happy with the graphics
but for the time being it will work. My dislike for integrated graphics
is that they use shared memory. And shared memory means that some thing
is squashed, either the screen output is slow or the application is slow.
I consider buying the ATI 9600 pro but because it's new I was hoping that
the price might go down shortly.

Thank you again for your help.

Stephan

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