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Date:      Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:00:36 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Roberto Nunnari <roberto.nunnari@supsi.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: is this hardware supported?
Message-ID:  <20080419090036.GA6302@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <480938EC.2000103@supsi.ch>
References:  <480938EC.2000103@supsi.ch>

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On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 02:12:28AM +0200, Roberto Nunnari wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> I would like to buy the following motherboard but
> I couldn't find its chipsets in the 6.3 supported HW list:
>=20
> So, I thought to ask the list for comments.
>=20
> http://www.gigabyte.de/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=
=3DMotherboard&ProductID=3D2613&ProductName=3DGA-73PVM-S2H
>=20
> It's a GigaByte GA-73PVM-S2H
>=20
> What I'm worring about is expecially the sata disk controller:
> GeForce 7100/nForce 630i chipset
>=20
> and the network interface:
> RTL 8211B chip

I would avoid Nvidia chipsets. For Athlon processors, I've had the best
results with motherboards with a AMD or VIA chipset. For Intel processors,
VIA or intel chipsets are fine.

Roland
--=20
R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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