OT: AMD vs Intel

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 29 May 2007, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2007, Ken Moffat wrote:
>> Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> ...
>>> I just wish AMD would better market their stuff.  I know pretty much what
>>> processors do what for Intel, but AMD I'm still wondering which ones support
>>> AMD-v (the yet again new name for their virtual-machine code)
>>>
>>
>> You sure can't beat the price of the AMD 64x2 chips. Can anyone
>> recommend a cheap motherboard that might work with those AM2 socket
>> chips and linux?
>
> We've had good results with the Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, and K8N main
> boards with Athon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core.

While I agree that the A8N-SLI Deluxe is a great board, its not cheap, and 
was end of lifed last year.  I've seen nothing but unmitigated carnage 
with K8N boards.

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