From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 19 20:50:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7AB916A4D0 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:50:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BE4F743D1F for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:50:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ewinter@lobo.homeunix.org) Received: (qmail 15560 invoked by uid 513); 19 Nov 2004 20:50:59 -0000 Received: from ewinter@lobo.homeunix.org by dsl-mail by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.21 Clear:RC:1(82.141.59.2):SA:0(-4.9/5.0):. Processed in 0.620336 secs); 19 Nov 2004 20:50:59 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO lobo.homeunix.org) (82.141.59.2) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 19 Nov 2004 20:50:58 -0000 Received: from lobo.homeunix.org (localhost.homeunix.org [127.0.0.1]) by lobo.homeunix.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAJKsN6U001331; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:54:24 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ewinter@lobo.homeunix.org) Received: (from ewinter@localhost) by lobo.homeunix.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iAJKsNK0001330; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:54:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ewinter) Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:54:22 +0100 From: "Ernst W. Winter" To: "David G. Lawrence" Message-ID: <20041119205422.GA1010@lobo.homeunix.org> References: <20041119203821.GE4339@opteron.dglawrence.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041119203821.GE4339@opteron.dglawrence.com> X-Phone: + 49-89-3075-6800 Organization: FreeBSD Evangelist X-Operating-System: FreeBSD lobo.homeunix.org 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nForce 3 150 vs. VIA K8T800 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Ernst W. Winter" List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:50:56 -0000 On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, David G. Lawrence wrote: > So, given a choice between an AMD64 motherboard with nVidia nForce > 3 150 chipset or VIA K8T800 chipset, which one actually works and > what are the tradeoffs? > well I had a Gigabyte G-K8NS with a socket 754 and nForce 3 250 chipset but switched to a ASUS A8V delux socket 939 with a chipset VIA K8T800 and the latter is better as well more things seem to work with less down sides. I think the latter is much better with the dual channel memory and runs faster. But then again this is only my recent experience with AMD64. eww