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It is a good idea to switch (in the BIOS) the SATA mode from IDE (the default) to RAID ''before'' you install Linux, because this activates the very good Linux AHCI driver and makes the use of the Linux kernel option "irqpoll" unnecessary. (This hint applies to all modern chipsets featuring SATA disks; "IDE", "legacy IDE" and "enhanced IDE" are often not the best setups for Linux - depending on the distribution's kernel - , whereas "AHCI" and "RAID" are good. This option can be found in the BIOS, often under "Integral peripherals" or the like.) | It is a good idea to switch (in the BIOS) the SATA mode from IDE (the default) to RAID ''before'' you install Linux, because this activates the very good Linux AHCI driver and makes the use of the Linux kernel option "irqpoll" unnecessary. (This hint applies to all modern chipsets featuring SATA disks; "IDE", "legacy IDE" and "enhanced IDE" are often not the best setups for Linux - depending on the distribution's kernel - , whereas "AHCI" and "RAID" are good. This option can be found in the BIOS, often under "Integral peripherals" or the like.) | ||
This GeForce NVidia card is quite suitable for crystallographic visualization, but - being GeForce and not Quadro - it does not support [[stereo]]. | This GeForce NVidia card is quite suitable for crystallographic visualization, but - being GeForce and not Quadro - it does not support [[stereo]]. But a 22" TFT monitor (about 250,- €) does not support stereo either. | ||