darthsabbath
May 24th, 2005, 11:03 PM
Hey guys,
I've been looking to upgrade my PC, and wanted to get some opinions.
I've heard a lot about the new AMD64 chips, and am considering getting one of these. However, I have heard that Linux support for them is buggy (at least from reviews I've read recently).
Currently I'm running an Athlon XP 2400+, and my motherboard can support up to a 3000+.
What would you guys recommend? Cost-wise, it would obviously be cheaper to stay with my current mobo and upgrade to the XP 3000+. I'm not a big gamer... mostly play games on the consoles, and my 2400+ handles Knights of the Old Republic and Sims 2 fine.
However, 64-bit processing is the future, so I'm unsure which direction to go.
Also... I'm looking to get a video card as well. From my research, nVidia cards tend to work better with Linux, so I will probably go that route, perhaps a Geforce FX5500. Again, I don't need the latest gaming device, just want to upgrade a bit.
Any comments would be appreciated.
BTW... I am dual booting with Windows XP, and do not have XP 64-bit Edition, if this would make any difference as to the options I should choose.
Phil
I've been looking to upgrade my PC, and wanted to get some opinions.
I've heard a lot about the new AMD64 chips, and am considering getting one of these. However, I have heard that Linux support for them is buggy (at least from reviews I've read recently).
Currently I'm running an Athlon XP 2400+, and my motherboard can support up to a 3000+.
What would you guys recommend? Cost-wise, it would obviously be cheaper to stay with my current mobo and upgrade to the XP 3000+. I'm not a big gamer... mostly play games on the consoles, and my 2400+ handles Knights of the Old Republic and Sims 2 fine.
However, 64-bit processing is the future, so I'm unsure which direction to go.
Also... I'm looking to get a video card as well. From my research, nVidia cards tend to work better with Linux, so I will probably go that route, perhaps a Geforce FX5500. Again, I don't need the latest gaming device, just want to upgrade a bit.
Any comments would be appreciated.
BTW... I am dual booting with Windows XP, and do not have XP 64-bit Edition, if this would make any difference as to the options I should choose.
Phil