Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:43:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Jan Mikkelsen <janm@transactionware.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVidia chipsets (was Re: Any experience with "Asus A8N-SLi" or"Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI" mobos?) Message-ID: <20050215184118.B32860@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <4212868E.8080005@transactionware.com> References: <20050208193338.6ee460d9.mark@hyow.eu.org> <20050215180011.GD38158@dragon.nuxi.com> <4212868E.8080005@transactionware.com>
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > > Stop supporting nVidia by buying nForce-based motherboards. Or complain > > to nVidia that they (1) won't give us docs even under NDA, (2) won't > > provide a FreeBSD driver like they do for Linux. These mailing lists are > > filled with all the problems of nForce motherboards, yet FreeBSD users > > keep buying them... > > HP have just announced the xw9300 workstation. According to the spec > sheet the chipset is an "NVIDIA nForce Professional with AMD-8131 > HyperTransport PCI-X tunnel". > > The xw9300 looked interesting to me, but I guess the chipset is going to > be a problem for using FreeBSD on those boxes. Is HP a possible source > of information on the chipset? AMD-8131 is a generic HT-PCIX bridge. Its likely an 8111 chipset, which works fine. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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