Thanks everyone, looks like it's AMD for me. Tim
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Matthew Dillon <dil...@apollo.backplane.com > wrote: > :On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:09:51AM +0200, Antonio Huete Jimenez wrote: > :> > :> I recently bought a Phenom X6 1055T in a Gigabyte 880GA-UD3H > :> motherboard, and besides ACPI, everything I've used _seems_ to work > :> fine. I haven't done much testing yet though. > :> For example, I have NOT tested the audio card or run Xorg on it :) > :> > :> 2010/10/11 Tim Darby <t+df...@timdarby.net <t%2bdf...@timdarby.net>>: > :> > Does DragonFly support Core I7 or is AMD a safer choice? I'm ready to > build > :> > a high end multi-core box and was wondering what my options are. > :> > Known-to-work motherboard suggestions would also be greatly > appreciated. > : > :AMD is a safer bet, there's too much complexity on the Intel side > nowadays. > : > :This Gigabyte board is a good choice; you should try to get an AMD880 > chipset > :based board, everything just works including Xorg. > : > :-- > :Francois Tigeot > > I'm pretty happy with the gigabyte board. There are still some issues > with AHCI but mostly pertaining to host-swap and external enclosures. > All I feel are fixable even if I have to depart from the AHCI spec > a bit as a special case. > > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > <dil...@backplane.com> >
