Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 22:49:20 -0400 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Jim Arnold" <jarnold@knightridder.com> Subject: Re: AMD761 or KT266A advice Message-ID: <20020520025505.9DF3648449@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <a05111722b90dd483ecda@[192.168.0.4]>
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On Sun, 19 May 2002 18:31:03 -0400, Jim Arnold wrote: >After spending a lot of time researching various overclocking >websites for motherboard reviews I'm not much better off >than I was when I started. > >Most of these sites are geared towards Windows users who >like to squeeze everything they can out of their systems to >play games. > >I don't play computer games nor do I run windows (obviously). >I Googled of these chipsets and freebsd didn't >turn up much either. > >My current system runs on an Epox motherboard with >a K6-3 400 and has been as stable as anyone could want. > >I'm curious to know if anyone is running either of these chipsets >and would like to share their experience and which board >they run. After my research I came down to these two boards >for each chipset: > >Epox EP-8K7A for AMD761 Chipset >Epox EP-8KHA+ for KT266A Chipset > >I'm wondering how much faster a KT266A board would be >over an AMD761 chipset board, when, for example, it came >to compiling the latest Mozilla or making my world. But my overriding >concern is stability. I would be putting an Athlon XP 1500, 1600 or 1700 >in this system. imho, I've had good luck with Abit boards and VIA chipsets. You'll pay more for the Abit, but i think it is a better board. I really haven't heard much about Epox. I do know that my 1.0gHz Athlon with Abit board works great under FreeBSD, and does a make buildworld in about 35 minutes.. ( i also have a gig of ram ) then again, i have a DFI board with an AMD k6-2 450mHz and it never gives me a trouble at all. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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