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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!nntp.inet.fi!news.funet.fi!news.cs.hut.fi!news.clinet.fi!not-for-mail From: mickey@cantina.clinet.fi (Mika Ruohotie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD & ASUS-stuff Date: 29 Aug 1996 11:56:54 +0300 Organization: Clinet, Espoo, Finland Lines: 56 Message-ID: <503m0m$au1@cantina.clinet.fi> References: <01bb5d62$c1eaf680$c91b79c0@lennvall> <4vh8pl$qsj@cantina.clinet.fi> <MICHAELV.96Aug25235725@mindbender.serv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cantina.clinet.fi Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> wrote: >mickey@cantina.clinet.fi (Mika Ruohotie) writes: > well... i would really suggest using Gigabyte made GA586HX512, this >Well, the Asus is probably the single most recommended board among >FreeBSD and NetBSD users, so consider that while weighing options... i've used also asus boards, and i just hate to set 1000001 jumpers. >So, what you're trying to say is that the Gigabyte motherboard is so >magically wonderful, that it sped up the Pentium so fast it was faster >than even a Pentium Pro in someone else's board? Yeah, right... no, i was saying at the moment until there is better ppro boards out one gets faster performance, most likely, with other hardware... >Tyan, SuperMicro -- any Triton-2 will do) was able to out-perform an i'm sure of that, reason why i prefer gigabyte is the way it's done, and the fact it has 6 simm slots... sure, supermicro has too, but i havent seen one with my eyes. and while we are on this topic, anyone have any information about the rumor i heard about new chopset, 430TX... benefits? >early P6 motherboard _in_ _certain_ tests. There were some very well but ofcourse i am aware of the performance differencies between cpus itself... >documented bugs in early versions of the P6 Orion chipset that caused >severe performance problems. the bugs are still there, havent yet seen pro board that would actually work as fast as it's supposed to in _all_ levels... i know eventually intel gets there, but _until_ it happens person getting ppro should be aware of the fact one has to change the board when the good version is out... atleast to me this means i am more willing to invest my money to fast pentuim board, since i would anyway change hardware in 4-6 months... >wonderfulness of the Gigabyte board; an Asus would have done exactly >the same thing. It had everything to do with the horrible performance i never claimed the gigabyte board is the only one being that fast, i was only saying it is only one i have heard of being capable of such a performance, sure, other boards can make it too, but there's no documented information being published on well known media... >bottlenecks in the early P6 Orion chipsets. I challenge you to try >and reproduce the same results on a new P6 Natoma-based board. which chipset would that be? can i have board names too? mickey