Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 09:01:57 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> Cc: "Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford@infowest.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ASUS P2L97DS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980225084906.14589A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <xzplnuzamme.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
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On 25 Feb 1998, Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > > I agree with that. The original poster doesn't really seem to qualify > > what "not a good performer" means either. The poster should back up > > wild statements with some facts. The ASUS P2L97 is a good board. > > Is that a variant form of "mommy, the nasty man is dissing my > motherboard, make him stop"? You didn't give any proof for you statement. So I must assume your statement is made up. > I based my claim on benchmark results which place the P2L97 about > halfway between "wouldn't use it if they paid me to" and "wouldn't > part with it if they paid me to". These results are there for all to > see at <http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard-review440lx.html>. Great, WinStone results... Seems to be heavy emphasis on AGP. Another technology I'm not interested in, unless I can plug some kind of network or disk controller into it. > The ASUS P2L97 is undoubtedly (as every other board ASUSTek has ever > made) a robust, high-quality board, but that does not necessarily mean > it is fast. > > Also, Aaron, when you describe a P2L97 system as a "screamer", what > are you comparing with? Do you have a couple of ABIT or Tyan systems > with comparable CPUs running alongside your ASUS system? Can *you* > point to benchmark results? Or are you comparing your 300 MHz PII with > your kid brother's 166 MHz Pentium MMX or something? > > Sorry, but ASUS aren't what they used to be, although I am looking > forward to their next LX motherboard, in the hope that they will live > up to the P55T2P4. > > Besides, my attitude to *any* Slot I motherboard is skepticism. > > > Also, the P2L97DS has 4 DIMM sockets. Only the P2L97 has three DIMMs. > > Either way, that is enough for 384MB of RAM using 128MB DIMMs. BTW, the > > only DIMMs I've ever seen are 128MB... > > I have yet to see one of those. I can get cheap 32 MB and 64 MB DIMMS > in at least three different stores in Oslo though. A single 128MB DIMM is cheaper than two 64MB DIMMs or 4 32MB DIMMs. Besides, the P2L97DS has 4 sockets. Strangely, the www.tomshardware.com site didn't even mention that... > > I don't care about ISA cards either. I don't know why anyone would put > > 16 bit cards in a P2 motherboard. The fewer ISA slots the better. Can't > > wait until a ZERO ISA slot motherboard is made. Means more room for PCI > > slots. > > How many PCI sound cards do you know of? Sorry - how many *cheap* and > *readily available* PCI cound cards do you know of? I don't care about sound either. The two provided ISA slots are more than enough for someone's cheap 16 bit sound card though. If you feel the need to impair your system with further 16bit stuff, you still have one more card. > -- > "I have a closed mind. It helps keeping the rain out." (Michael Press on a.s.r) Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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