Recent content by JakeM

I'm looking for a motherboard for a network-attached storage box. I plan on running Solaris because I want to use ZFS. Unfortunately, Solaris currently only supports two SATA chipsets, marvell88sx and sil3124 (both typically found on PCI-X devices). Other chipsets are only supported in PATA...

I know that. I'm not buying it for games. I'm not going to install Linux just to play games; I'll be using Linux most of the time for other reasons.

Thanks for the reply. I don't really have a choice what kind of video card I get; my school requires everyone to participate in the "laptop program" and for easier support, everyone gets the same hardware. I'd prefer less expensive hardware because I'm perfectly happy with my desktop. I'm...

How about Fight Club and Equilibrium?

I'll be getting a Compaq Evo n800w at the start of the next school year. It has a P4 2.2, 512DDR, and FireGL 9000 video. I know the FireGL series is designed for CAD use, but I'm curious what kind of performance I can expect in games. After extensive searching with google, I was unable to find...