Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 19:18 +, Rob Beard wrote: > Farran wrote: > > > > use the shiny graphics on Ubuntu, possibly delve into Video Editing... > > and prove to my friends that Linux is better than Windows :P! > > > > Aria still do not have that m/b in stock, so I might get that and the > >

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Farran wrote: > > use the shiny graphics on Ubuntu, possibly delve into Video Editing... > and prove to my friends that Linux is better than Windows :P! > > Aria still do not have that m/b in stock, so I might get that and the > graphics card from Novatech. Actually the shiny graphics work on

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> Farran wrote: > > use the shiny graphics on Ubuntu, possibly delve into Video Editing... > and prove to my friends that Linux is better than Windows :P! > You don't need a new motherboard to prove the last bit, just switch your machine on... that should be enough. Andy. -- ubuntu-uk@lists

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On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 10:25 +, Rob Beard wrote: > Farran wrote: > > > > > errr... which Fenton? > > Found a tempting m/b, > > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Gigabyte+GA-P35C-DS3R+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=27303. > > > > Looks nice, a

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Farran wrote: > > errr... which Fenton? > Found a tempting m/b, > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Gigabyte+GA-P35C-DS3R+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=27303. > > Looks nice, and (I think) Gigabyte are good, aren't they? And it > supports DDR2

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On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All x86 PC's all work fine with a generic VGA driver the comes with a > modern OS. That said Ubuntu comes with both the open source NV driver > for Nvidia cards, and the closed source Nvidia driver written by Nvidia, > the manufacturer of th

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> > > Confused a little bit - at the bottom of > > http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2551&ProductName=GA-P35C-DS3R > >

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On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:49 +, Farran wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:42 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/20

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On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:49 +, Farran wrote: > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:42 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > > > > > >

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On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:42 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

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On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:37 +, Farran wrote: > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >

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On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 200

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On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

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On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does it

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On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

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On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec? > > === > Farran Lee > I'm only 15 :P > >

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On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec? > > === > Farran Lee > I'm only 15 :P > >

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On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec? > > === > Farran Lee > I'm only 15 :P > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

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Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec? === Farran Lee I'm only 15 :P -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:52 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > okay. Also (sorry [image: :P]) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to > support DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does i

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On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:52 +, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > okay. Also (sorry :P) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to > support DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does it matter > if the graphics card is GDD

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On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > okay. Also (sorry [image: :P]) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to > support DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does it matter if the graphics > card is GDDR3 and the m/b isn't? I'm restricted from a lot of cards simply > because I declin

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> On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

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okay. Also (sorry :P) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to support DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does it matter if the graphics card is GDDR3 and the m/b isn't? I'm restricted from a lot of cards simply because I declined from DDR3. Farran On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:45 +, Kris Dougla

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On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > this was one I was looking at too, > > > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI

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On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > this was one I was looking at too, > > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=2

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On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > this was one I was looking at too, > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199, > but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry

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this was one I was looking at too, https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA +GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E +?productId=27199, but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at all? Farran On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how about this? > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+ > Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good. > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote:

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On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks to you both > just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card... > What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, and > if I do, will it help? > > Cheers [image: :P] Farran > > PS I like shiny cases, they make the w

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how about this? https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics +Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G +PCI-E+ Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good. On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote: > thanks to you both > just looking at the motherboard and

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thanks to you both just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card... What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, and if I do, will it help? Cheers :P Farran PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter :D On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote: >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS... > > I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but > trouble... > > Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor > bioses... urgh

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Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS... I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but trouble... Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor bioses... urgh The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I

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right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range of products than Novatech. I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over the components just to check they are compatible with each other and with Linux: ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard

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On 14/12/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Lucy, > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:33:46AM +, Lucy wrote: > > I made the mistake of buying a pre-built system with a Jetway mobo > > from Aria a few months back. I can say that while it definately runs > > on Ubuntu I wouldn't recommend

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Hi Lucy, On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:33:46AM +, Lucy wrote: > I made the mistake of buying a pre-built system with a Jetway mobo > from Aria a few months back. I can say that while it definately runs > on Ubuntu I wouldn't recommend it. The machine kernel panics about > once a week and I had to

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On 13/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there are > much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk, they're based in Manchester and > have some good hardware prices (I'm not associated in any way, but i have > never found any

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:31:32PM +, Rob Beard wrote: > Farran wrote: > > hi all > > building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form > > novatech: > > Hard Drive Doh! Reading mail in a plain text mail client

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On 13/12/2007, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kris Douglas wrote: > > > > > I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there > > are much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk , > > they're based in Manchester and have some good hardware prices (I'

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Kris Douglas wrote: > > I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there > are much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk , > they're based in Manchester and have some good hardware prices (I'm not > associated in any way, but i have never found anywher

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I couldn help but think that it all looked a bit pricey. I agree to go with aria, it is the best site Ive ever used, and it is SO cheap!! Also whats wrong with the on-board sound? On Dec 13, 2007 9:31 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Farran wrote: > > hi all > > building a computer ju

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Farran wrote: > hi all > building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form > novatech: > Hard Drive > > Motherboard

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On 13/12/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:50:39PM +, Farran wrote: > > hi all > > building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form > > novatech: > > Hard Drive > > Motherboard Bundle > > Graphics Card > > Optical Drive > > Sound Car

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:50:39PM +, Farran wrote: > hi all > building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form > novatech: > Hard Drive > Motherboard Bundle > Graphics Card > Optical Drive > Sound Card > Keyboard > Mouse > This costs £621.47. > Difficult to tell without

[ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

hi all building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form novatech: Hard Drive Motherboard Bundle Graphics Card Optical Drive Sound Card Keyboard Mouse This costs £621.47. Wondered if anyone has used these parts or knows whether they work with Linux - a friend reminded me that