Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:29:56 +0100 From: David Reid <david@jetnet.co.uk> To: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: workstation mobo Message-ID: <4300A6E4.4030103@jetnet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050815080116.0382d538.kgunders@teamcool.net> References: <20050812085823.645f5b39.kgunders@teamcool.net> <20050812205356.GA15463@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <8f554029050815011672ec4a5a@mail.gmail.com> <20050815080116.0382d538.kgunders@teamcool.net>
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Ken Gunderson wrote: > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:16:52 +1000 > • • <googl3meister@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>On 8/13/05, Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote: >> >>>On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 08:58:23AM -0600, Ken Gunderson wrote: >>> >>>>Greets All: >>>> >>>>I'm liking these amd opteron servers so much that I am considering >>>>building an amd based workstationn. Assumed it would be Athalon based >>>>but in searching archives I note that some folks seem to prefer the >>>>opterons for workstation use. Perhaps to some degree in reaction >>>>to the "chipset mess". I'm not averse to spending a bit more for the >>>>opteron system but it seems to me the Opteron's CPU heatsink/fan might >>>>be a bit noisy for workstation use. And I have buddies shouting in my >>>>ear to "stick w/ Intel" for workstation. But then I also know others >>>>who run AMD for their desktop machines. Any recommends based on current >>>>state of affairs in the ADM hardware world? >>> >>>I just got a new box with an Asus A8V Deluxe board (VIA K8T800 Pro, >>>Socket 939), and so far everything seems to be working. The only >>>unusual thing i had to do for FreeBSD (5.4-R) was adding a patch >>>to the sk nic driver (see other thread.) >>> >> >>Update on ASUS A8V Deluxe for archives >> >>I installed 5.4-RELEASE about April (2005) and track 5-Stable on that >>hardware straight from CVS - never had a prob with sk0 yet, it's >>worked since day one with no boot time errors. > > > Thanks for the input. My short list is two VIA KT890 based boards: > > - Abit AX8v2.0 > - Asus A8-E SE > > I've had good history w/both of these mobo makers but the Asus gets a > an extra plus in the support department since I can usually find bios > updates etc. on their site w/a bit less digging...;-) when I updated I went for an ABit An-8 Ultra, based on the nVidia chipset, but while the board *almost* works correctly, it seems to have some issues. Also given nVidias approach to drivers I'd suggest avoiding them - I would have if I'd known how bad they were! david
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