GNU/Linux and the nForce 790i

[alurien]

Does anyone know what GNU/Linux compatibility will be like (or is like) on the new nForce 790i based motherboards? Do the nVidia closed-source drivers work? what about the drivers in the GNU/Linux kernel?

I'm looking at one of these boards for my next upgrade, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks :-)

[Melcar]

Bleeding edge hardware is always a problem in Linux. Still, as far as I know, the new 790i chips are but a refresh of the 780i chips, so there should be some form of support, but don't quote me on that. And I though nvidia stopped providing drivers for their motherboards?

[d2kx]

Let me use your thread to ask the same thing about the new AMD SB7x0 Southbridge... I am going to upgrade to the B3 Phenom + 790FX/SB710 platform very soon...

[Melcar]

Support for SB700 is starting with the 2.6.24 kernels, but I haven't heard anything on the subject for a while.

[Michael]

I have a few SB700 mobos waiting to be tested... hope to get to them soon.

[d2kx]

Kernel 2.6.25 is ready by the next week or two so SB700 should be no problem then... just what I've expected :)

[mik2uzl]

Kernel 2.6.25 is ready by the next week or two so SB700 should be no problem then... just what I've expected :)

The SB700 is no problem on my ECS 780GM board. I have been running this m/b with a Phenom 9500 for 10 days and no problems yet.

Using kernel 2.6.24 and Slackware. I am using a Nvidia graphics card with nvidia 169.12 driver until i can test the integrated ATI HD3200 graphics with the radeonhd driver which is not yet ready for the HD3200.

[kevkim55]

Let me take this opportunity to take us back to the question the original poster had asked !!

Has any one has had success with using 790i board with linux ? If yes, how do you go about over clocking and monitoring etc ? Did you get all the MB components (LAN, sound chip etc) recognized and working in linux ?

Thanks for any help on this issue ?

[kevkim55]

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