ASUS M3A78-EM -

[Bob Goodwin]

Seann Clark wrote:
> 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
That's encouraging, at least there's hope it may work.

Thanks.

Bob