There is support for other video & sound cards, but the ones I recommend in the other thread are the better & popular ones to use.; Geforce, Radeon for video ( but not newer models than those I specify in other thread ); Sound Blaster Live 5.1 for sound ( careful, most but not all SB Live cards work ).
You should watch out for SATA. There is support for some older SATA controllers ( mostly Nvidia based ). Work is being done on AHCI but I believe it isn't finished yet. If you get board with AHCI make sure it also has 40 pin ide connector where you can hook up an older pata ide drive ( for now ) until AHCI gets working after which you can switch over to SATA in the future.
Intel & VIA are probably more compatible motherboard chipsets though Nvidia should work fine too.
You'll probably need add in cards for sound & network because most of the newer onboard stuff is not supported. So, buy the motherboard you want, test out the onboard sound/network & if they don't work then can suggest some add in cards.
OSS support is coming to Haiku & that should allow you to use almost any sound card out there.
You have to "dig" through the source if you really want to know whether a certain hardware component will work. Look through network & sound cards and maybe you can find a motherboard with supported onboard stuff.
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Re: What would be a good hardware configuration for Haiku
Here's the answer I got - http://haiku-os.org/community/forum/haiku_splash_boot_screen
Re: What would be a good hardware configuration for Haiku
thanks
Re: What would be a good hardware configuration for Haiku
no problem!
Re: What would be a good hardware configuration for Haiku
I'll add a few quick notes.
There is support for other video & sound cards, but the ones I recommend in the other thread are the better & popular ones to use.; Geforce, Radeon for video ( but not newer models than those I specify in other thread ); Sound Blaster Live 5.1 for sound ( careful, most but not all SB Live cards work ).
You should watch out for SATA. There is support for some older SATA controllers ( mostly Nvidia based ). Work is being done on AHCI but I believe it isn't finished yet. If you get board with AHCI make sure it also has 40 pin ide connector where you can hook up an older pata ide drive ( for now ) until AHCI gets working after which you can switch over to SATA in the future.
Intel & VIA are probably more compatible motherboard chipsets though Nvidia should work fine too.
You'll probably need add in cards for sound & network because most of the newer onboard stuff is not supported. So, buy the motherboard you want, test out the onboard sound/network & if they don't work then can suggest some add in cards.
OSS support is coming to Haiku & that should allow you to use almost any sound card out there.
You have to "dig" through the source if you really want to know whether a certain hardware component will work. Look through network & sound cards and maybe you can find a motherboard with supported onboard stuff.
Supported Network cards:
http://svn.berlios.de/viewcvs/haiku/haiku/trunk/src/add-ons/kernel/drive...
Supported Sound cards:
http://svn.berlios.de/viewcvs/haiku/haiku/trunk/src/add-ons/kernel/drive...
Re: What would be a good hardware configuration for Haiku
Thanks. That gives me a bit more direction. I hope I can find an older compatible system. I'm sure it will only improve with time :)