ASUS M3A78-EM -

[Seann Clark]

Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
> I see that Newegg has a sale on ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI 
> Micro ATX AMD Motherboard.
>
> I had a failure in a back-up computer last month and have been looking 
> for a cheap replacement board.  This board has on-board video which I 
> would like to use.  I have not been able to determine if it has 
> dedicated video memory or if it shares the main memory somehow and if 
> that will cause problems?
>
> I guess what I want to know is does anyone have experience with this 
> board?  I would not install Windows, only Fedora Linux, probably F-9.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob
>
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Just a quick thought, this board supports Crossfire, which shares memory 
and GPU between ATI cards, so it most likely has dedicated memory. 
(http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=639&l4=0&model=2252&modelmenu=1) 


Since it is onboard, and ATI, ATI usually has good support in Linux (I 
have a DFBS-D board with ATI onboard with 8 meg memory and it runs great 
on F9) and doesn't show much of a driver problem. I use my linux boxes 
as servers more than desktop/gaming because I have some rather stupid 
stuff I run on the Windows systems that I have a hard time migrating off of.


~Seann
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