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ptyerman · 14 May 2018, 12:08

A Geforce 9800GTX is the best supported video card, I have one in my Aros box and it works well. Geforce 4 is also well supported. I got the 9800GTX off eBay for £5 inc p+p.
Wired network is best supported by a Realtek 8139 for 10/100, I believe the 8169 may be supported now for 10/100/1000 but haven't tried one. I'm happy with the 8139 which can be purchased new for a couple of quid.
Sound card is best supported by a Soundblaster Live or one of the C-Media chipset cards, mine has a Soundblaster Live and works well.
I've installed Icaros and Aros on many different motherboard/CPU combo's with different chipsets and not come across many problems, the biggest was SATA not being detected on a Intel board but it didn't matter as I used the IDE ports anyway.
It is very easy to put a Aros box together as long as you stick to these components.

14 May 2018, 12:08	#10
ptyerman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Worksop/UK Age: 59 Posts: 1,328	A Geforce 9800GTX is the best supported video card, I have one in my Aros box and it works well. Geforce 4 is also well supported. I got the 9800GTX off eBay for £5 inc p+p. Wired network is best supported by a Realtek 8139 for 10/100, I believe the 8169 may be supported now for 10/100/1000 but haven't tried one. I'm happy with the 8139 which can be purchased new for a couple of quid. Sound card is best supported by a Soundblaster Live or one of the C-Media chipset cards, mine has a Soundblaster Live and works well. I've installed Icaros and Aros on many different motherboard/CPU combo's with different chipsets and not come across many problems, the biggest was SATA not being detected on a Intel board but it didn't matter as I used the IDE ports anyway. It is very easy to put a Aros box together as long as you stick to these components.