Looks like it’s upgrade time again for my box! I’m dropping in an Abit NF7-S with 2 256MB DDR SDRAM modules, and an AMD Athlon 2400+ Thoroughbred. I’m trying to score an ATI Radeon 9500 PRO 128MB, but I could probably buy mithril easier. They’re sold out everywhere. So, I’ve got a bid on one over at eBay. We’ll see what happens.
This upgrade should give me a noticeably faster machine loaded with new technology. The Abit board has USB 2, Firewire, 6 channel audio, and serial ATA. Oh, yeah, and AGP 8X. All this provided by the Nvidia nForce2 chipset. By using 2 memory modules, I’ll be running dual memory buses, thereby using a 128bit memory bus. This is too cool.
The only downside is Linux. I’ve heard of compatibility issues with both the nForce2 chipset and the ATI 9500 Pro. However, I use Win XP Pro pretty much 99% of the time these days on my main workstation. Maybe by the time I’m ready to try Linux again as a desktop, the support will be there. In the meantime, my server is still running Debian Woody.
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