From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 20 15: 3:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 36FA837B404 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 15:03:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 24257 invoked from network); 20 May 2002 22:03:40 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-136-146.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.136.146) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 20 May 2002 22:03:40 -0000 Received: from MOTHER (dhcp-20.wg.local [192.168.1.20]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6467B48449; Mon, 20 May 2002 18:08:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "freebsd-questions" , "James A. Arnold" Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 18:02:36 -0400 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2472) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: AMD761 or KT266A advice Message-Id: <20020520220822.6467B48449@wastegate.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 20 May 2002 11:06:25 -0400, James A. Arnold wrote: >Thanks for the insights. I was considering the Abit KR7A >until I stumbled onto the fact that those boards don't >take advantage of ECC memory functions: it figures- as soon as i find a feature rich board, they quit putting on new features all. as some of the other guys mentions- search the all the popular manufactures until you find the board that suits. I have mostly used VIA chipsets, and a few AMDs- VIA is popular for a reason. >>>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 > > >-- > >___________________________________________________________ >Jim Arnold Voice: 330.572.2822 >Ohio.com Site Administrator Cell: 330.730.0797 >http://www.ohio.com Yahoo IM: jim0266 >AOL IM: instantjim > >12 E. Exchange Street - 2nd Fl -- Akron, OH 44308 > > --- 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