Fedora Core 5 + Athlon 64 + Nvidia Motherboard

[Net Llama!]

On 05/12/2006 06:49 PM, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 10:27 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
>> >
>> > > Specifically which MSI board are you considering?
>> > >
>> >
>> > MSI K8MM-V (Socket 754)
>> > (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=647) for my development system. If all goes well, I may decide to use an AMD64 motherboard for the server I am planning to deploy in HK.
>> 
>> This isn't an nForce chipset board, its VIA.
>> 
> Hmm... that's embarassing ! I didn't have a close look at it until just
> now. I thought all AMD boards had Nvidia chipsets, but it looks like Via
> and ATI are all getting in and producing their own AMD boards as well. 

We're working on fixing that  ;)

> 
> It took me a while, but I finally found another board, this time with
> the Nvidia chipset (and it looks awfully small):
> http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=702
> 
> 
> And it fits within my budget too! 

I've heard mixed reviews of this board.  Are you tied to MSI for any 
particular reason?

Here's a Biostar board that is roughly equivalent to the MSI you posted 
above:
http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=tforce+6100-939
I've personally been using this one at work for the past 6 months (first 
with FC4, and now with FC5), and haven't had any problems with it.

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