Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 18:02:36 -0400 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "James A. Arnold" <JArnold@knightridder.com> Subject: Re: AMD761 or KT266A advice Message-ID: <20020520220822.6467B48449@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <a05111719b90ec04e0a5e@[192.168.0.3]>
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On Mon, 20 May 2002 11:06:25 -0400, James A. Arnold wrote: >Thanks for the insights. I was considering the Abit KR7A >until I stumbled onto the fact that those boards don't >take advantage of ECC memory functions: it figures- as soon as i find a feature rich board, they quit putting on new features all. as some of the other guys mentions- search the all the popular manufactures until you find the board that suits. I have mostly used VIA chipsets, and a few AMDs- VIA is popular for a reason. >>>I'm wondering how much faster a KT266A board would be >>>over an AMD761 chipset board, when, for example, it came >>>to compiling the latest Mozilla or making my world. But my overriding >>>concern is stability. I would be putting an Athlon XP 1500, 1600 or 1700 >>>in this system. >> >>imho, I've had good luck with Abit boards and VIA chipsets. You'll pay >>more for the Abit, but i think it is a better board. I really haven't >>heard much about Epox. I do know that my 1.0gHz Athlon with Abit board >>works great under FreeBSD, and does a make buildworld in about 35 >>minutes.. ( i also have a gig of ram ) >> >>then again, i have a DFI board with an AMD k6-2 450mHz and it never >>gives me a trouble at all. >> >>--- >>doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net >> >>PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 > > >-- > >___________________________________________________________ >Jim Arnold <jarnold@knightridder.com> Voice: 330.572.2822 >Ohio.com Site Administrator Cell: 330.730.0797 >http://www.ohio.com Yahoo IM: jim0266 >AOL IM: instantjim > >12 E. Exchange Street - 2nd Fl -- Akron, OH 44308 > > --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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