From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 10 09:27:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA02510 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:27:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA02481; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:27:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com) Received: (from gibbs@localhost) by narnia.plutotech.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id KAA05299; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:24:25 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:24:25 -0700 (MST) From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Message-Id: <199803101724.KAA05299@narnia.plutotech.com> To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2xahc3940 or 4 x ahc2940 ? Newsgroups: pluto.freebsd.hardware In-Reply-To: <199803100054.JAA01981@bubble.didi.com> User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-971204 (UNIX) (FreeBSD/3.0-CURRENT (i386)) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <199803100054.JAA01981@bubble.didi.com> you wrote: > > I can't vouch for that motherboard, but as a general answer, you > > shouldn't have any problems with twin-channel controllers if you are > > using FreeBSD. > > In case you are wondering, what I'm trying to say here is that I > recommend the 3940's. Using less PCI slots are almost always good. Use 3940AUW cards. They give you two channels without the added complexity and latency of an intermediate PCI-PCI bridge and the 7895 chip that they use has some performance features the 7880 does not have. > Satoshi -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message