From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 19 09:00:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81FD6106566C for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:00:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 189218FC14 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:00:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3J90a9Q020848; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:00:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7793AB829; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:00:36 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:00:36 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Roberto Nunnari Message-ID: <20080419090036.GA6302@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Roberto Nunnari , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <480938EC.2000103@supsi.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <480938EC.2000103@supsi.ch> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is this hardware supported? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:00:39 -0000 --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgJtLQACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUE4QCeKSZkRbIemW9NCV5/HzQK/8mw 0uMAnRhOU+w7BwM10IhSeBlrvAU3khBT =4wuy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--