Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:59:04 +0100 From: Lars Tunkrans <lars.tunkrans@bredband.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nForce 3 150 vs. VIA K8T800 Message-ID: <419E88C8.3030504@bredband.net> In-Reply-To: <20041119205443.GF4339@opteron.dglawrence.com> References: <20041119203821.GE4339@opteron.dglawrence.com> <20041119205422.GA1010@lobo.homeunix.org> <20041119205443.GF4339@opteron.dglawrence.com>
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David G. Lawrence wrote: >>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. Today I tried the VIA 8237 SATA I/F for the first time on my socket 939 K8T800-PRO MSI K8T Neo2 Fir Board, it worked. So now I know that : the K8T800-Pro is recgonized as VIA_K8 the re0 Gigabit Ethernet I/F works the usb I/F'es works the PATA and SATA works. the sigmatel STAC9708 AC97 chip is reconized. ( although I use the EMU10K1 ) the FireWire ( via VT6306 ) i/F is regonized, I have yet to try it. Basically I have not had any of the problems with onboard NIC's that seems to be abundant with the Nforce3 chipset. Not any ACPI-APIC problems. Choose socket 939 because of its superior DualDIMM Memory bus. Regards //Lars
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