From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 20 17:11:30 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 7774F16A417 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:11:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michel@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 155BD13C442 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:11:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michel@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.2/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id m0KHBSWj072491 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:11:28 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 166 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B22F42371F9 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:11:27 +0100 (CET) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id 9D8508F; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:11:27 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:11:27 +0100 From: Michel Talon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080120171127.GA65446@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.166]); Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:11:28 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92/5499/Sun Jan 20 02:31:52 2008 on shiva.jussieu.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Miltered: at shiva.jussieu.fr with ID 479380C0.003 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! Subject: Re: Realtek 8111B LAN Chipset 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: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:11:30 -0000 Bruce Evans said: > I also want a cheap PCI/e NIC that works well with drivers back to > FreeBSD-4 like my plain PCI bge and em NICs do. I doubt that any > popular motherboard will have anything better than a cheap PCI/e NIC. I have recently upgraded an old machine with a good AGP video card to a Core 2 Duo processor. I have found an Asrock motherboard which supports such processor, but also both AGP and PCI-e video cards, both IDE and SATA disks, etc. so one can keep old parts. The chipset is from VIA and works well as far as i can see, and moreover doesn't overheat and supports passive cooling. The integrated NIC is the traditional ViaRhine, and it works under all versions of FreeBSD. Audio is supported by hda driver in recent FreeBSD. http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=4COREDUAL-VSTA This mobo is very cheap (around 50 euros here). Coupled to a cheap Core 2 Duo this gives a good and *very quiet* machine for a surprising small amount of money (i spent less than 150 euros for the mobo, the processor and a new power supply). The performance is light years ahead of the previous Athlon, and the fan sound which was very present is now almost unaudible. -- Michel TALON