[Eug-lug] Dell Optiplex 740 experience?

[Bob Miller]

Quentin Hartman wrote:

> I'm shopping for some new machines for work, and I just discovered that an
> Optiplex 740 costs $270 less than the HP 5750 machines we've been getting.
> Both of these machines are custom configured to be as comparable as
> possible. The biggest difference is that the Dell uses NVidia Quadro NVS
> 210S for it's onboard video, and the HP uses an ATI R300. Both only work
> properly with proprietary drivers, and the NVidia is likely to work
> substantially better than the ATI. Anyone have any real-world experience
> with the 740 and Linux? I'm also considering the 745, which is the Intel
> Core brother to the 740, but I would prefer to reward Dell for finally
> offering AMD...

I think one of my boxes uses an ATI R300.  (Can't check right now.)
I run the free radeon driver on it to good effect.

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