From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 27 19:10:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sage-american.com (sage-american.com [216.122.141.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DBD337B416 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:10:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from SAGEONE (adsl-64-219-21-136.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [64.219.21.136]) by sage-american.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA22913; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:09:57 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20011227210955.01797558@mail.sage-american.com> X-Sender: jacks@mail.sage-american.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:09:55 -0600 To: "Dillion Klein" , , From: jacks@sage-american.com Subject: Re: MAGIK 1 Chipset MB In-Reply-To: <005401c18f44$fd19d040$2300a8c0@AFI> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the feedback fellas.... as to the "funky", I don't know who writes that stuff... perhaps in Malaysia, they are just getting some of our old comic books.... Picked up one of those funky things to give it a try anyway with the 1.4GHz AMD Athalon XP Processor...XP!? I'll let you know... At 09:11 PM 12.27.2001 -0500, Dillion Klein wrote: >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" >To: ; >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 >> > > > > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message