On 31 March 2011 13:35, Klistvud <quotati...@aliceadsl.fr> wrote: > Howdie, fellow Debianites! > > I'm about to order a system with Asus M4A78LT-M (AM3/PCIE/S/R/V1G/H5200, > with an AMD Phenom II X4 840, 3,20GHz) and was wondering whether any list > member has any experience with this mobo in Debian Squeeze. > > In particular: > > 1. I'm planning to run virtualized Windows XP on it and have seen reports > such as http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5639 about VirtualBox having > problems with AMD SVM. Anybody care to confirm/rebut that? Does hardware > virtualization work? > > 2. What's the support for the integrated ATI Radeon 3000 graphics in the > stock Squeeze kernel? Can the free driver be used? Is 3D working? > > Will be immensely grateful for any first-hand experience. This is important > to me -- *cash* is involved ;P > > TIA > > As an aside I am leary of motherboards with 2 DIMM slots. If you want to go beyond 4Gb to 8Gb (2 x 4Gb DIMMS) (for virtualization and all that) the RAM is very pricey. I suppose 4Gb DIMMs are not very popular.
I would say bite the bullet and go for a board with 4 DIMM slots, upgrading RAM will be cheaper in the log term. > -- > Cheerio, > > Klistvud http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com > Certifiable Loonix User #481801 Please reply to the list, not to me. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.orgwith a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1301574932.3768.1@compax > > -- Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com
