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Subject: Re: Asus A8N-VM CSM, NVIDIA GeForce 6150 + nForce 430
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nvidia's release schedule is anyones guess

you would best ask on their support forums.

if not the ati 9200 series is the last open spec
board afaik

Dean

Joseph Myers wrote:
> I would like to build a computer and use FreeBSD 7.0. If need be, I would use 
> the stable version, 
> 6.0.
> 
> I would have a good computer that's pretty cheap.
> 
> processor AMD Opteron model 165, dual-core 1.8 GHz $280
> motherboard Asus A8N-VM CSM, NVIDIA GeForce 6150 + nForce 430
> ram Kingston KVR400X72C3A/1G 1GB 400MHz DDR ECC CL3 (3-3-3) DIMM (2 modules)
> hard drive Seagate 7200.9 SATA NCQ 3Gb/s (I'd probably install two in RAID 1, 
> because I want 
> reliability.)
> 
> I have been aware for a long time that there are often serious problems with 
> nVidia hardware.
> 
> Is there any hope that this will work? Now? Any time this year?
> 
> I can wait for a while, and possibly help investigate any issues so that it 
> will work for me and other 
> people.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Joseph Myers
> 
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