Subject: Re: Motherboards - The Eternal Question
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.org>
From: Gary Duzan <gary@duzan.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/21/2006 08:27:33
In Message <200609210045.k8L0jMb8017234@toad.rmkhome.com> ,
   Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com> wrote:

=>If you can find an ASUS A8V motherboard, it would probably do the job.
=>
=>I have one running NetBSD 3.0 with a socket 939 AMD x2 4200 and one with
=>socket 939 AMD 3400. I'm plaqnning to build 2 more systems with these boards.
=>
=>Lots of PCI slots.

   That was my preference, as well, based on an earlier post of
yours.  I even ordered one, but my vendor wasn't able to obtain
one.

   The options for 939 seem to be:

	nForce4
	ULi M1695 + ULI M1567 (not an option; limited SATA support)
	GeForce 6150 + nForce 430
	CrossFire Xpress 1600
	Crossfire Xpress 3200 + ULI M1575
	Radeon 200 Crossfire (RS482) + SB450

   The options for AM2 seem to be:

	nForce 570 Ultra
	nForce 430 + GeForce 6100
	K8T890 + VT8237A
	nForce4 Ultra
	nForce 550

   Any comments on any of these combinations would be appreciated.

					Gary Duzan