Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:30:43 +0100 From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> To: Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gigabyte Athlon motherboard Message-ID: <4.1.20000110162628.00c4db10@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> In-Reply-To: <3879BD8F.3EB381B7@sarenet.es>
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> Hello, > > I'm considering a Gigabyte GA-71X with an AMD Athlon CPU. >It will run *exclusively* FreeBSD, and the dealer has said me that >they have observed stability problems with Windows. > > Does this CPU/motherboard work well with FreeBSD? I would >use a 500 or 700 MHz CPU. Hi! Gigabyte nowadays is still a good brand, but in Athlon market, I'd consider an ASUS K7M first, then the FIC SD11. Both are very stable, and have some nice features. IMO the ASUS is the best AThlon board that is today available. Did not heard that Gigabyte has severe stability problems, but hey, in M$ world there are several possibilities that a system does not run correctly... Remember the K6-2 being too fast for Win95? BTW: Heard some rumors that getting hardware /distribution is sometimes a pain in Spain? Regards Olaf Hoyer -------- Olaf Hoyer www.nightfire.de mailto:Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de FreeBSD- The power to serve ICQ:22838075 Liebe und Hass sind nicht blind, aber geblendet vom Feuer, dass sie selber mit sich tragen. (Nietzsche) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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