Hola!
Here's a few PPro questions...
Rumor has it that the Orion chipset (Intel's 82450KX/GX PCIset), even with
the B0 stepping that fixed Orion's SLOW PCI bus performance, still has some
sort of PCI performance problems. Can anyone confirm or deny?
Now for Orion vs. Nantoma questions...
How does an Orion-based motherboard using FPM (Fast Page Mode) RAM in a 2:1
interleaving memory configuration (as supported by the '450KX) compare
against a comparable Nantoma-based (Intel's 82440 PCIset) motherboard using
EDO or BEDO RAM without interleaving? What about an Orion board with a 4:1
interleaved configuration (as supported by the '450GX)?
Does anyone have FreeBSD-2.1R or FreeBSD-2.1-stable running on a Nantoma or
Orion board?
I've been looking at building a FreeBSD system based on an ASUS P/I P6RP4
motherboard ('450KX PCIset) and a 2:1 interleaved FPM RAM config. I'm also
tempted to use a SuperMicro
Suggestions, comments, caveats, warnings, questions, debate, etc. encouraged! :)
Thanks,
Aaron Gifford
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