Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 19:50:51 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD hardware Users <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: nVIDIA nForece2, again Message-ID: <20030816102051.GB820@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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--1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline My main machine has just fried a southbridge, and I'm looking for a replacement. From what I can see, in the AMD range, the current best performer is the nVIDIA nForece2. I've read Bill Paul's description of the problems with the onboard NIC, and if I buy one of these boards, I'll certainly swell his mailbox of disgruntled nVIDIA customers. But at a more pragmatic level, a 100 Mb/s NIC costs nothing, and I have a few spares floating around, so it's not that big a deal. Looking at what our local suppliers have to offer, the MSI K7N2 Delta boards (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=436) look reasonable, both in terms of performance and price. Does anybody have any experience with them? Are there any other problems with the chip set? I've heard that it has an IOAPIC on it, even for single processors. Is this an issue? Any other comments? Based on what I've read, I'd probably be putting a Barton 2600XP+ and 0.5 to 1 GB of DDR memory into it. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/PgWDIubykFB6QiMRArKbAJ0dnheabubUDfE4SygpnkRXvDVLBACcCvI2 QFhUdwnzDw0qAle20+8yzSo= =i4FA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY--
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