From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262412AbUBXToB (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:44:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262413AbUBXToA (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:44:00 -0500 Received: from users.linvision.com ([62.58.92.114]:29128 "HELO bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262412AbUBXTn7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:43:59 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:43:54 +0100 From: Rogier Wolff To: Timothy Miller Cc: John Heil , Thomas Zehetbauer , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64 Message-ID: <20040224194354.GA13816@bitwizard.nl> References: <16435.14044.182718.134404@alkaid.it.uu.se> <20040222025957.GA31813@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <1077584461.8414.164.camel@hostmaster.org> <403B5257.2030305@techsource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <403B5257.2030305@techsource.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organization: BitWizard.nl Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 08:32:07AM -0500, Timothy Miller wrote: > Things may have changed, but when I last built a Linux box (Athlon XP > 2800+), I was not able to find a motherboard for recent AMD processors > with 64bit/66mhz PCI slots. If I'd needed that, I would have had to go > with Intel. Ehmm. We've been trying to get 64/66 slots in our systems a while, and the only affordable option I've been able to find are the dual-athlon boards (Tyan, Asus). We found tons of Intel boards that didn't have them until we figured out that the popular Intel chipsets didn't support it.... Roger. -- ** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2600998 ** *-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --* **** "Linux is like a wigwam - no windows, no gates, apache inside!" ****