Date: 15 Apr 2002 19:01:00 -0000 From: atk2@arctic.org To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Kt333 or nvida 415d stable ? Message-ID: <20020415190100.28298.qmail@twinlark.arctic.org>
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Hello, I sort of asked this yesterday in a less structured way (with less details). Was a little confused in structuring the question... I currently run freebsd 2.2.7 (rather dated) on a p100 as an interactive system (not a server). The system has been up for over 570 days so it is fairly stable (though I had to reset the x-server once about 2 months ago when I switched mouse - due to the old one failing). I plan on upgrading in the next few weeks with the following hardware: Maxtor 6L040L3 hard disk $100 Lite-on 16x dvd player $50 Lite-on 163 cdrw $85 AMD 1.8XP $130 2x256mb ddr pc2100 2x$70 antec 840 case $110 (330w power supply) (from old sytem 3 scsi ii drives, cheap nic card, scsi ii card and vodoo 3/2000 (hey it has good 2d)) Now the question is what motherbord. I'd like to go with either the abit nv7-133 $124 or asus a7v-333 $120 I realize that 4.5 does not suppor the sound/nic on the nv7-133 (the raid chip is supported but I'm not planning on using it). The sound card on the asus a7v333 is supported (not sure about the usb 2.0). Anyways I've heard that the older via chips (kt266/kt266a) are not so stable hence this question. I mention the other hardware in case there are other problems (I wouldn't mind swapping the Lite-on for pioneer/plextor for example if they are bad drives). However, given prices I'd rather not go with an (for example) ultra 160 scsi drisk ($130 for controller + $150 for drive) -- I'd like to keep this system rather inexpensive -- and go for stability over performance when I have to compromise. On the other hand benchmarks I've seen show that the write (to eide hard drive) performance is significantly better with either of these boards (10 to 15 percent) compared to older boards (kt266/kt266a, amd 761 and ali). Oh well any suggestions/comments ? Thanks, Alan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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