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From: jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: NEED: The Best PC for FreeBS (Advice is asked)
Date: 12 Dec 1996 14:12:11 -0500
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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igor vladimirovich roshchin (igor@students.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: I actually forgot to say, that I am thinking about Pentium Pro,
: Can you advise anything on ASUS ?
: In particular, what is there difference between
: P/I-P6NP5 (Intel 440FX) and P/I-XP6NP5 (Intel 440FX)
The P6NP5 is the "baby AT" form factor, while the XP6NP5 is ATX.
In one of the responses, someone recommended the 430HX chipset over the
430VX. I've heard the HX is faster, but I'm interested in using SDRAM
(which, AFAIK, the HX does not support). Comments? Asus makes a
nice-looking board (the P55TVP4 perhaps?) with the 430VX.
Also, which (if any) of the PPro chipsets support SDRAM? Someone told
me that the 450{G,K}X chipsets were roughly analagous to the 430{H,V}X,
only for the PPro. I assume this means the 450KX supports SDRAM --
correct? Any opinions on using SDRAM instead of {B}EDO? What about the
dual-PCI-bridge that is supported (only?) by the 450GX. Does anyone
besides HP actually make a board that takes advantage of this? Is it
worth it for higher-end machines?
I'm interested for a variety of reasons, one of which is that I'd like
to upgrade my old 486 at home. I've looked at Asus, Tyan, SuperMicro,
and Intel. So far, I've not seen anything that jumped out at me and
said "ooh! buy this one!".
Thanks. I'll summarize if necessary.
--
Jeff Aitken
jaitken@dimension.net