Linux Distro

Radeon9.8kpunk · Post by **Radeon9.8kpunk** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:40 pm

I ordered all of my pc parts but in order to save a few bucks, i have decided to wait a couple months before getting windows xp. Which Linux Distro is somewhat noob friendly and will work with wolf et. I just downloaded the Ark Linux iso but i am unsure if it will run wolf on my machine when it finally arrives from new egg

gotenks · Post by **gotenks** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 9:12 pm

redhat or mandrake, both are based on the redhat build and are about as noob friendly as they get...
however to save money you should order a computer part with your windows and get the OEM Windows XP it'll save a lot of money

Radeon9.8kpunk · Post by **Radeon9.8kpunk** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 12:00 am

i know, newegg is where im gettin my parts and ive seen the winXP combo, its a great deal. I found a windows 98 disc i can use so i guess i wont need linux. Ive had problems with linux b4 too. of course i used ark linux which was in alpha stage!

So far ive purchase:
A cheap but nice case with a 430 watt ps
Biostar m7ncd mobo
geforce 4 fx 5200

I plan on getting:
512 mb ddr 400
Athlon xp 2000+
generic cd r/rw drive
western dig. 7200 rpm hdd with 8mg buffer
Am i forgetting anything?????? ( i already have mouse keyboard and monitor)

gotenks · Post by **gotenks** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:45 am

get an athlon 2600+, it's the best price/performance chip or was when i did the figures...
it's 90 instead of 57 but the performance increase you'll see for the price is well worth it (and since it uses the barton core it's easy to overclock

the fx 5200 (it's not a geforce 4 lol) had problems, the 5700 ultra is a good card that i'd recomend
don't know how tight your budget is but 5700 had lots of fixes, but the radeon 9600xt is a little bit better in that price range

Radeon9.8kpunk · Post by **Radeon9.8kpunk** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:08 am

thanks, right now im sticking with the fx 5200 becasue all im gonna do is play wolf, and my old mx 440 could handle that. As for the 2600+ i will take your advice into consideration because it will make my ram run at a higherr speed, it all depends how much money i can make. (im only 15 so making money is a big obstacle!!!!!)

gotenks · Post by **gotenks** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 12:58 pm

Radeon9.8kpunk wrote:thanks, right now im sticking with the fx 5200 becasue all im gonna do is play wolf, and my old mx 440 could handle that. As for the 2600+ i will take your advice into consideration because it will make my ram run at a higherr speed, it all depends how much money i can make. (im only 15 so making money is a big obstacle!!!!!)

the fx 5200 will run at about same (if not less) performance than your current card

Radeon9.8kpunk · Post by **Radeon9.8kpunk** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 1:44 pm

i dont have my mx 440 anymore so i figured i mite as well buy a agp 8x card that is dx 9, are the 5200s good for oc'ing?

Ragnar_40k · Post by **Ragnar_40k** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:19 pm

I use SUSE Linux.

bacon · Post by **bacon** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:30 pm

Radeon9.8kpunk wrote:i dont have my mx 440 anymore so i figured i mite as well buy a agp 8x card that is dx 9, are the 5200s good for oc'ing?

Except that the GeforceFX cards aren't actually DX9...

Medicati0n · Post by **Medicati0n** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 10:27 am

Uh your also going to need a case and fans..

Radeon9.8kpunk · Post by **Radeon9.8kpunk** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:04 pm

Finished building it and i didnt need any case fans, i got a athlon 2500 and oc'ed it to 3200 speed (stock cooling too)

I am deeply regretting my fx5200 purchase and plan to get a 5900 xt soon

and for the os i just used a free version of windows, but i also use mandrake linux which i love

gotenks · Post by **gotenks** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:23 pm

Radeon9.8kpunk wrote:I am deeply regretting my fx5200 purchase and plan to get a 5900 xt soon

I'm not one to say i told you so... aw hell yes i am

lol sorry couldn't resist

deprave · Post by **deprave** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:05 am

Gentoo is the best by far

duke'ku · Post by **duke'ku** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:41 am

deprave wrote:Gentoo is the best by far

archlinux bls

if you mean ark linux = arch linux, it should run fine. pacman is also a pretty fucking nice package manager.

Radeon9.8kpunk · Post by **Radeon9.8kpunk** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:35 am

im pretty sure its ark linux, its still in "alpha stage"

now that i own doom 3 i am regretting my fx 5200 purchase even more!