Re: Building a Linux Box

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:46:27 +0500, arnuld propped open his eyelids with
toothpicks and wrote:

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:46:27 +0500, arnuld propped open his eyelids with
toothpicks and wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:48:55 -0500, Maxwell Lol wrote:

You will need something if you use a GUI. One of the problems with
Nvidia is that the open source driver is limited, and you have to use
the proprietary Nvidia driver if you want to use the fancy GUIs with
rotating screens, etc.

1st, I am going to covert some DVD to Theora or x264 format using ffmpeg
etc. Nothing else in audio except this. I use creative 2.1 speakers or a
headphone. No special home sound system, I am not interested in it.

2nd, I thought buying an extra audio and video card will not put extra
load on the motherboard and will help the motherboard from extra wear
and tear.

I don't runCompiz, heck I don't even use GNOME. I use wmii or at max
fvwm. and 3rd, I have a big [b]NO[/b] to games


So Do I need an audio or video cards

No.

I have onboard graphics and 7.1ch audio and they were quite adequate for
everything except games and large format graphics manipulation. I ended up
installing a 8800gtx after I updated my camera to Nikon D40 and the
onboard Intel video left me time to have to shave twice while adding a
gaussian blur to one photo. I use the proprietary Nvidia drivers with no
problems (Ubuntu 8.10). I've played around with compiz, but I haven't
found anything there that improves usability or production, so I removed
it. Some of the effects are nice, but not necessary.

If you don't intend to put huge loads through your onboard video, which it
doesn't look like you do, then you should be fine. I would still get a
board with a PCI-E slot though, as your requirements may change and it's
cheaper to buy a new graphics card than both card and motherboard.

As far as the sound goes, I have all my music on this box and output to my
home theatre setup with no problems or lack of quality (at least to my
thoroughly used ears, {ex bass player })



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