I am looking for a supplier of laptops with 64 AMD processors, preferrably Opteron.
linux
linux at celticblues.com
Thu Jan 11 16:42:54 UTC 2007
Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 14:16 -0500, Mark Haney wrote:
>
>> linux wrote:
>>
>>> I am looking for a supplier of laptops with 64 AMD processors,
>>> preferrably Opteron, on which to install FC6-x64.. Any suggestions?
>>> recent NVIDIA graphics would be a definite bonus.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>> Wow, I want a laptop with 64 AMD processors, too! :)
>>
>> I assume you mean 64-bit procesors? This is pretty open ended, but I'm
>> partial to the Compaq laptops. The one I have is not Nvidia, it's ATI.
>> I've found nvidia drivers and linux to be a PITA to get configured, so
>> I've avoided them for quite a while now. But then, I don't really need
>> 3D accel for what I do anyway.
>>
>
> I have an HP Pavillion ZV6000. Comes with a Athlon 64 and ATI graphics,
> wired gigabit ethernet and a Broadcom 802.11g wireless:
>
> [root at golem2 xxx]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family : 15
> model : 47
> model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
> stepping : 2
> cpu MHz : 1000.000
> cache size : 512 KB
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 1
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt
> lm 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm
> bogomips : 1995.51
> TLB size : 1024 4K pages
> clflush size : 64
> cache_alignment : 64
> address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc
>
> [root at golem2 xxx]# lspci
> <snip>
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon
> XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
> <snip>
> 03:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> <snip>
> 03:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One
> 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
>
> 60GB hard drive (replaced with a 120GB for me!) Pretty cheap. Note:
> I use ndiswrapper for the Broadcom wireless. The bcm43xx driver truly
> sucks rocks for me. Never have gotten it to stabilize. ndiswrapper and
> a 64-bit XP driver works a treat.
>
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> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens at vitalstream.com -
> - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com -
> - -
> - If this is the first day of the rest of my life... -
> - I'm in BIG trouble! -
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>
>
The Pavillion line is looking pretty good.... Do you know the
differences in the Athlon 64 X2 and Turion 64 X2? I am leaning heavily
towards the HP Pavillion dv9000z series which offers the Turion 64 X2
Dual-Core TL-60 with a very decent NVIDIA graphics set.
Ed
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