From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Feb 24 13:23:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA12951 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:23:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from infowest.com (infowest.com [204.17.177.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA12943 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 13:23:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from agifford@infowest.com) Received: from infowest.com (dialup5-30.infowest.net [207.49.60.133]) by infowest.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA14075 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 14:22:36 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <34F339F5.F32DA31E@infowest.com> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:21:57 +0000 From: "Aaron D. Gifford" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ASUS P2L97DS References: <3.0.3.32.19980224095230.00a24c40@happy.qualcomm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > > Stephen Ritter writes: > > Hello, I am fairly new to FreeBSD (a linux convert!) and would like to know > > if any of you have experience putting together a machine using the ASUS > > P2L97DS motherboard? I would like to build a machine which would initially > > only have one PII300 on the board, but eventually I would add the second. > > I can't answer the questions you asked, but I can tell you this: the > P2L97 is not a good performer. It has only three DIMM slots and two > ISA slots (although the latter is actually an advantage if you're not > planning to use any ISA cards); it is also, to put it mildly, not the > fastest LX motherboard around. If I were you, I'd either buy a Tyan or > ABIT board instead, or wait for the ASUSTek's *next* LX model. I don't have anything to compare with and I haven't done any benchmarks, so take this with a grain of salt: my P2L97 with a P-II 300MHz on it & 256MB screams! I don't need ISA slots -- I need PCI, and the P2L97 has 5 and an AGP. As for DIMMS, I never noticed, since 256MB is enough for me for now. > > Currently, ABIT LX6 seems to be the best single-CPU PII board, and > Tyan Thunder 2 should be a good bet for a dual-CPU PII board. The > Thunder 2 has an onboard AIC7895, i.e. Adaptec 3940UW dual-channel > SCSI controller, which is supported by the CAM SCSI code (but not by > the "old" SCSI code in -stable) > > -- > "I have a closed mind. It helps keeping the rain out." (Michael Press on a.s.r) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message Aaron out. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message