From owner-freebsd-smp Wed Sep 15 16:28:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D994D1546F for ; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:26:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dg@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA11720; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:25:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199909152325.QAA11720@implode.root.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: neil@synthcom.com (Neil Bradley), freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quad-PIII...exists? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:52:30 PDT." <199909152252.PAA41354@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:25:27 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> > ASUS doesn't make a dual-PIII motherboard yet, and IBM has a >> > Quad-PIII server...but IBM is over-priced, IMHO... >> >> For dual PIII, go for the Supermicro. I've found so many marginal hardware >> problems with Tyan and Asus that I'd never consider them again. I've had >> excellent luck with all of my Supermicro boards. I don't know if they make >> quad boards (though they'd be expensive no matter where you get them >> from), but they make a line of very solid dual CPU motherboards. > >Humm... and my experience here is similiar, but in the opposite direction, >I won't touch a Supermicro or Tyan board, but ASUS has been rock solid >for us, sans occasional problems with BIOS code. ...and while we're all saying conflicting things, I've had *zero* problems with SMP Tyan motherboards (and we're talking sample size >50 motherboards). -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message