From owner-freebsd-isp Tue May 28 15:07:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA05375 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 28 May 1996 15:07:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA05304; Tue, 28 May 1996 15:07:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id OAA08808 ; Tue, 28 May 1996 14:40:47 -0700 Received: from InfoWest.COM ([204.17.177.10]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with SMTP id JAA25354; Tue, 28 May 1996 09:59:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from agifford (zaketh.uv.com [204.17.177.95]) by InfoWest.COM (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA09276; Tue, 28 May 1996 11:09:24 -0600 Message-Id: <2.2.32.19960528165727.00d346b8@infowest.com> X-Sender: agifford@infowest.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 10:57:27 -0600 To: questions@freebsd.org From: "Aaron D. Gifford" Subject: Nantoma/EDO vs. Orion/FPM for PPro performance? Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hola! Here's a few PPro questions... Rumor has it that the Orion chipset (Intel's 82450KX/GX PCIset), even with the B0 stepping that fixed Orion's SLOW PCI bus performance, still has some sort of PCI performance problems. Can anyone confirm or deny? Now for Orion vs. Nantoma questions... How does an Orion-based motherboard using FPM (Fast Page Mode) RAM in a 2:1 interleaving memory configuration (as supported by the '450KX) compare against a comparable Nantoma-based (Intel's 82440 PCIset) motherboard using EDO or BEDO RAM without interleaving? What about an Orion board with a 4:1 interleaved configuration (as supported by the '450GX)? Does anyone have FreeBSD-2.1R or FreeBSD-2.1-stable running on a Nantoma or Orion board? I've been looking at building a FreeBSD system based on an ASUS P/I P6RP4 motherboard ('450KX PCIset) and a 2:1 interleaved FPM RAM config. I'm also tempted to use a SuperMicro Suggestions, comments, caveats, warnings, questions, debate, etc. encouraged! :) Thanks, Aaron Gifford --=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=-- Aaron D. Gifford InfoWest, 1845 W. Sunset Blvd, St. George, UT 84770 InfoWest Networking Phone: (801) 674-0165 FAX: (801) 673-9734 Visit InfoWest at: "http://www.infowest.com/" ICBM: 37.07847 N, 113.57858 W "Southern Utah's Finest Network Connection" --=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--=+=--