[Tfug] Looking for PCIe Video, Audio cards & an internal FAST disk drive recommendations

[erich]

OK,
         I've had some measure of success integrating a PCIe card that I 
bought @ SWS

PCIe card: HVR-1250    ~ $50

         Once again manufacturers kow-tow to Micro$oft & Apple leaving 
the rest of
us who are highly skilled and educated to reverse engineer the darn thing.

          This thing is so new that I actually had to wait for the Linux 
community to
catch up to it. I bought it about 10 months ago. As has happened on another
occasion with me, the Ubuntu community got it right. For the record, none
of my systems use Ubuntu.

          Adding to the confusion there are at least two versions of the 
HVR-1250
card out there with slightly different chipsets. for me the PCI address is:

         02:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems Inc, 
Device 8880 (Rev 4)

         If you get a card that has the same PCI address I can help you.

                                                                                                                                 
Cheers,
                                                                                                                                 
Erich



Louis Taber wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Time has come to upgrade my Dell 400SC 2.4Ghz system which I bought 
> August 2003.
>
> Are there any recommendations for a PCIe video card and/or Audio card 
> for Debian?  The new system is a Dell T110 with a Xenon X3440 
> processor with 4 PCIe slots.  The Dell T110 system comes with an 
> 8Mbyte built in video, no audio and currently no RS232 serial ports.  
> It does have 8 USB ports (2 internal) and an external SATA.
>
> My usage is primarily:
> a) GIMP,
> b) An occasional video / podcast,
> c) Some listing to music. 
>
> In other words, nothing that is going to stress either card.  I doubt 
> I will be doing any video editing, gaming (except robots 2-5 times a 
> year) or 3D modeling.  
>
> My current screen is 1280x1024 which I have no immediate plans to 
> upgrade.  Low cost would be a plus. 
>
> I am also looking for recommendations related to a FAST read mostly 
> "hard drive" mostly  /usr/bin (and system boot).  64GByte is probably 
> sufficient.
>
>   - Louis
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