From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 24 21: 6:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f162.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.17.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6767F37B401 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:06:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:06:22 -0700 Received: from 24.116.157.85 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 04:06:21 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.116.157.85] From: "Charles Burns" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Athlon MP Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:06:21 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Sep 2001 04:06:22.0238 (UTC) FILETIME=[6FCF83E0:01C14577] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Hello, > >I would like to know if FreeBSD can be used with Athlon MP (motherboard >Tyan Thunder) ? >With best regards. > >Marc Aeschlimann >Switzerland Of course, AMD chips are 100% intel compatible. The AthlonMP platform is, in general, the best performing dual processor server x86 platform available (and much cheaper than dual Xeons) The Tyan Thunder requires a custom (expensive) power supply, and it supports only 66MHz (not 64-bit) PCI slots, so you may want to hold off a little while until MBs hased on the new 760MP arrive--they can use standard (still expensive) server class power supplies and will support 64-bit/66MHz PCI as well. Cheers Charles Burns _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message