Re: AMD dual core, deciding factors for a platform?

2006-11-17 Thread Marc Peters
Tonnerre LOMBARD schrieb: Salut, On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 05:38:58PM +0200, turha turha wrote: I'm about to build a new box, and thought I'd ask first if there's any experience with AMD's dual core processors (AM2 or s939). From what I've read both socket types work as amd64, with bsd and

Re: AMD dual core, deciding factors for a platform?

2006-11-17 Thread Damian Wiest
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 07:56:03PM +0200, turha turha wrote: I haven't got the final specs yet, probably a MoBo with a nVidia chipset, since those are the only ones I've seen with enough SATA controller, I'd prefe eight, but so far all I've found has been six. If you like working devices I'd

AMD dual core, deciding factors for a platform?

2006-11-16 Thread turha turha
Hi, I'm about to build a new box, and thought I'd ask first if there's any experience with AMD's dual core processors (AM2 or s939). From what I've read both socket types work as amd64, with bsd and bsd.mp, right? Any thoughts on which works more stable and faster, i386 vs amd64 arch, and the

Re: AMD dual core, deciding factors for a platform?

2006-11-16 Thread Chris Smith
On 11/16/06, turha turha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't got the final specs yet, probably a MoBo with a nVidia chipset, since those are the only ones I've seen with enough SATA controller, I'd prefe eight, but so far all I've found has been six. The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

Re: AMD dual core, deciding factors for a platform?

2006-11-16 Thread djgoku
On 11/16/06, turha turha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm about to build a new box, and thought I'd ask first if there's any experience with AMD's dual core processors (AM2 or s939). From what I've read both socket types work as amd64, with bsd and bsd.mp, right? Any thoughts on which works

Re: AMD dual core, deciding factors for a platform?

2006-11-16 Thread Tonnerre LOMBARD
Salut, On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 05:38:58PM +0200, turha turha wrote: I'm about to build a new box, and thought I'd ask first if there's any experience with AMD's dual core processors (AM2 or s939). From what I've read both socket types work as amd64, with bsd and bsd.mp, right? Any thoughts