Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:11:39 -0500 From: "Dillion Klein" <dillionklein@hotpop.com> To: <jud@operamail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, <jacks@sage-american.com> Subject: Re: MAGIK 1 Chipset MB Message-ID: <005401c18f44$fd19d040$2300a8c0@AFI> References: <SNZWD83ZIDTRG1XOIYTVUNIWQ1UQNIC.3c2bd321@sparky>
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I am planning on installing FreeBSD on my desktop machine, which is based on the KT266A chipset -- if it is indeed compatible (anyone?), I would highly recommend it, as I have been running Win98, Win2K Pro, and WinXP Pro on the machine without a single reliabilty concern.... reminds me of the good ol' BX days. As Jud mentioned, ALI is not quite up to VIA and AMD standards, especially in the server market, which most FreeBSD machines fall into. :) BTW, Funky & Fresh brings soaps or laundry detergent to mind. :-D Chow, -D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jud" <jud@operamail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; <jacks@sage-american.com> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:04 PM Subject: Re: MAGIK 1 Chipset MB > 12/27/2001 1:21:44 PM, jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > > >First, a Happy, wealthy & most of all HEALTHY New Year to > everyone! > > > >Second, I'm shopping for a new 1.2-1.4 GHz Motherboard and looking > at one > >of the makes that I have liked before, however, it now uses a chipset > >"MAGiK" I'not familiar with. I'm wondering if anyone has had any > experience > >with this one using FreeBSD? I'm using 4.4-stable with updates > >monthly...4.5 being next. Here's the chipset: > > > >"...The MAGiK 1 chipset is based on M1647 Northbridge and > M1535D+ > >Southbridge chips. These chips incorporate funky-fresh features such > as > >support for DDR memory at PC1600 and PC2100. Throw in ATA/100 > and RAID > >support and AGP 4X and you've got a chipset that's ready to take on > VIA's > >and Intel's best....." > > > >Any feedback appreciated! > > > >Best regards, > >Jack L. Stone, > >Server Admin > > ALi MAGiK chipset performance tests I've seen (using various Windows > benchmarks, not *nix) generally lag those of VIA and AMD. > > For a while, AMD was considered to have the best AMD-DDR chipset, > the AMD 761, which incorporates a VIA southbridge. I have a > motherboard with this chipset (ASUS A7M266), and I've always been > quite happy with it. > > VIA's chipset had problems when first introduced as the KT266, but > reviews of the revised KT266A have been laudatory, generally finding it > the best AMD-DDR chipset currently on the market. See, e.g., > http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=1528&p=11 . > Again, it's performance with Windows that's being discussed. > > I haven't run into any *nix-specific performance measures of any of > these chipsets, nor have I heard anything good or bad with regard to > reliability. > > Last thought - do you really want to buy a chipset described as having > "funky-fresh features?" > > Jud > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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