I dont use any of the 2 boards, but things to watch out for are drivers for using Raid together with the Sil3114. The proprietary drivers come only for a few OS's yet. The Opensource driver is of course available as alternative. Best regards Nils Valentin > I have a Gigabyte GA-7A8DW. > > Installs (sid-amd64-netinst.iso) and runs perfectly fine on > Pure64/unstable. > The EATX size caught me out and I had to get a bigger case. > > $ uptime > 17:19:49 up 26 days, 14 min, 2 users, load average: 1.42, 0.53, 0.23 > (not working too hard currently, but was compiling with make -j2 :-) > > The two PCI-X slots can be used as standard PCI slots. > > The only thing to watch for is to make sure the DDR is in the right slots, > or > it won't boot (at all). > > Hope this helps. > Later > Lee Begg > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:54, Max wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I'm hesitating over a choice of a dual opteron motherboard. Currently I >> consider two options: >> >> Tyan S2875ANRF http://tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8w_spec.html >> and >> Gigabyte GA-7A8DW >> http://tw.giga-byte.com/Server/Products/Products_ServerBoard_GA-7A8DW.htm >> >> They are quite similar (including a price ;) though there are some >> differences: >> >> 1. Form factor ATX vs. EATX (although Gigabyte claims "design to fit ATX >> chassis screw hole", and I think it will fit my middle-tower). >> >> 2. Tyan's board has Intel 82541EI GbE LAN controller on-board while >> Gigabyte's possess Broadcom BCM 5705 (which one is better?). >> >> 3. Tyan has 5 PCI slots, Gigabyte - 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI (currently I don't >> have any PCI-X devices). >> >> 4. Tyan has integrated Firewire controller (I use firewire sometimes, >> currently with PCI controller). >> >> With respect to the features, I would prefer Tyan's board. But as a >> brand I >> like Gigabyte better than Tyan: previously I've had some negative >> experience with Tyan, and for more than a year I have been very pleased >> by >> dual-athlon Gigabyte motherboard GA-7DPXDW-P. >> >> The motherboard is going to be used for intensive 24/7 computations. Of >> course, under Debian pure64. >> >> Please share your experience or suggestions. >> >> Thanks, >> Max > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
