Hello Shea,
Thursday, March 22, 2001, 9:47:40 AM, you wrote:
SAM> I will be building another box within the next month or
SAM> so, and am
SAM> starting my research now. I have my heart set on a dual
SAM> processor
SAM> board.
SAM> What I really want is a dual Socket A m/b, but it looks
SAM> like Tyan's (due
SAM> out w/n a 1-2 mos.) is going to cost $950USD. I am a big
SAM> fan of Duron
SAM> and K7 performance and price, but the $950 pricetag
SAM> negates those
SAM> advantages.
SAM> What I am looking at is the Asus dual PIII m/b, the CUV4X
SAM> series. It
SAM> optionally comes with onboard Ultra160 controller and
SAM> 10/100 Ethernet.
SAM> It uses the VIA694DXP chipset.
SAM> Does anyone know how well these boards work under linux?
SAM> I don't need
SAM> the onboard scsi or lan options, I already have those pci
SAM> cards. So I
SAM> just need to know how well everything else works. ie.
SAM> are both cpu's
SAM> detected by kernel 2.4.x?
SAM> Thanks for you advice.
well - any mobo that is claimed to be SMP compactible will easly work
under linux - the problem here is VIA chipset, that sometimes may have
some glitches in process - the chipset may have some problems with
memory, or irq's (well - naturaly it's my experience), but if you are
not perfectionist, then look at any GOOD brandname (asus, abit - the
best) mobo.
My recomendation for linux could be something based on intel or
serverworks chipset - but - Intel is out of dualCPUchipset game (But
BX rocks, if you need dual cpu capabilities instead of ultimate speed)
- I still assemble a lot of postgres servers on 2xC500 - low price,
ultimate speed ;)
Or - you could go for serverworks chipset. I saw a good mobo on it
(sorry - cant recall even manifacturer), where all the extras were
left off, but still was 64bit slot and dual pci bus - in your case
this could be the ultimate - if you decide to really pay about 750-800
for mobo...
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Best regards,
Karlis mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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