From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Feb 26 11:59:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA14142 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:59:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [195.1.171.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA13957 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:58:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) From: sthaug@nethelp.no Received: (qmail 25914 invoked by uid 1001); 26 Feb 1998 19:58:33 +0000 (GMT) To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ASUS P2L97DS In-Reply-To: Your message of "25 Feb 1998 13:35:05 +0100" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.28.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 20:58:33 +0100 Message-ID: <25912.888523113@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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"? > > 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 . > > 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. The tests at the URL you refer have the fastest board around 2 to 4% faster than the slowest board on the Winstone benchmarks, and 1% on the 3d benchmarks. To me these differences are extremely small, and using them to support a claim of "not a good performer" shows a certain lack of realism... Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message