From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 3 09:52:35 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA12610 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 3 Apr 1995 09:52:35 -0700 Received: from cybernetics.net (jeffh@server0.cybernetics.net [198.80.48.52]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA12604 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 1995 09:52:34 -0700 Received: by cybernetics.net (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA23466; Mon, 3 Apr 95 12:52:01 EDT Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 12:51:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Advice on new motherboard... Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ok, I bought a computer from Maximus Computers, and boy let me tell you was that a MISTAKE. I have to run Windows NT 3.5 on this machine as well, and my video drivers for NT crap out due to my BIOS. Well, I think Maximus has either gone out of business or is just ignoring me totally, so I have to buy a new motherboard. The two boards I am considering are: ASUS Dual-Pentium PCI/ISA with Neptune Chipset -- $351 ASUS Single-Pentium PCI with Trident Chipset -- $250 (near there) Which one of the above should I go with? I know that the new Trident chipset supports the 120mhz Pentium chip, and it is supposedly a LOT better chipset in regards to speed, but at the same time I'd like to be able to upgrade to 2 CPU's when FreeBSD gets SMP support. I currently have a 90mhz Pentium P54C that I can plug into either of the above boards, and 32mb of RAM, so do you guys have any suggestions? Thanks, Jeff -- Jeff Hoffman -- jeffh@cybernetics.net ------------------------------------- "A man facing the light looks not into sorrow, but to to the future...always." WWW: http://www.cybernetics.net/users/jeffh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PGP Public Key available on request.