nforce4: Well Supported?

[verbatim]

What's the status on nforce4 support in linux/fedora?

Can I use open-source drivers only and get good functionality? What will work and what won't work without the nvidia binary drivers?

I've seen some posts about this, but not any clear definitive answers.

Thanks!

[Knudson]

i am interested in this, too.

I am from nForce3 250U now, but i'm planning to switch to a nForce4 sock 939 Mobo (think MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum) so that i can bury my 9700 (yeah i know it's good but ati drivers in linux suxxxx) and get a 6600/6800 pci express!

how is SLI support in linux kernel? good? bad? doesn't exist?

i'm asking because i was running everything 100% fine with FC4 but , after changing mobo, i crashed my head into the fact that the FC3 dvd couldn't install with nForce3...i hope i don't have to wait FC5 for nForce4 !!!

[imdeemvp]

Originally Posted by verbatim

What's the status on nforce4 support in linux/fedora?

Can I use open-source drivers only and get good functionality? What will work and what won't work without the nvidia binary drivers?

I've seen some posts about this, but not any clear definitive answers.

Thanks!

As far as I know yes....the sound and other devices worked in my laptop after install the nforce drivers.....

I am not sure if there is a difference in nforce and nforce4....

[Furball]

I have an Asus a8n sli board (with nforce4 chipset) and I'm very pleased (as with all asus boards in history )
Everything is supported out of the box (onboard sound, pci express, sata drives, amd cool'n'quiet).
Especially that amd cool'n'quiet thing is really nice, if my computer doesn't have 100% cpu usage, the cpu wattage is halved. (Get an silent graphics card and you'll have an economic and silent computer)

You don't need to install the nvidia binary drivers if you don't want to. You cannot use accelerated 3D then. But if you don't play games or use open gl screen savers that would be no problem.

SLI doesn't work in Linux at the moment, you can however buy two cards, connect a screen to each of them and expand your desktop to two screens.

[Knudson]

thanks Furball =)

i'll buy this one i think ^_^

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=637

(my brother alredy has it and is really WONDERFUL, but only for gaming purposes so it has winblows) (but uses FC3 at work on another pc :P )

now i only have to choose my next VGA card ^^'

[verbatim]

Originally Posted by Furball

You don't need to install the nvidia binary drivers if you don't want to. You cannot use accelerated 3D then. But if you don't play games or use open gl screen savers that would be no problem.

I'm confused by this - I'm talking about the nforce4 drivers. If I install the nvidia video drivers, and not the nforce4 drivers, why wouldn't hardware-accelerated 3d video work?

[Furball]

Don't get confused. Nvidia provides two binary driver packages for linux (which have nothing to do which each other):

First, the nvidia chipset drivers (for usb, ethernet, ...). You don't need them at all as everything is already supported by the linux kernel.

Second, the nvidia graphic card drivers. You only need them if you got a nvidia graphic card to enable its full 3d performance.