Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jul 1997 06:22:13 -0500 (CDT) | | From | Mark Orr <> | | Subject | Re: PentiumII's. |
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On 31-Jul-97 Gabriele Paciucci wrote: >On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, System Email wrote: >> >> Matrox Millennium II 4Meg > >Buy not the last but with same $ more RAM --> 8Mb and a beautiful 20"
I'm pretty sure the Matrox Millenium II isnt supported by Xfree86 yet. The Mill II is sortof a combination of the Mystique and Millenium (in that it uses WRAM, and has a better RAMDAC...but has the Mystique's better 3d capabilites).
I dont know if Xinside's got an accelX for the Mill II -- I'd doubt it so soon after release.
>> 9GB SCSI-3 UltraWide > >Buy 2x4.5 SCSI-3 10000rpm this is the most important factor
Oh, yeah, Seagate Cheetahs...gotta have them.
>> ASUS KN97-X MotherBoard w/ sound > >Do not take all on board!!!
The (consensus) best single-CPU Pentium II mainboard is the Megatrend FX83-A. It's been benchmarked as the fastest and supports overclocking well.
For now, it seems, that the Tyan Tahoe is the only P-II board capable of SMP. I've heard conflicting reports that there were serious reliability and compatibility problems with it...may have been cleared up by now.
>> Pentium II 300mhz w/512k > >> Adaptech 2940 SCSI-3 Ultrawide adaptor > >Have you think about BusLogic 528 D ?
Nah...DPT SmartRAID IV -- with 3 SCSI-Ultrawide busses :)
>> 128MB ECC DIMM > >Of Course
What PPro/P-II MB supports DIMMs? All the new ones are Natoma chipset which only supports FPM/EDO/BEDO SIMMs...just from the spec sheets I've seen. There are a couple of P-II chipsets coming out soon that'll probably support SDRAM's, etc. (GX, LX)
Where the heck does one get BEDO anyway? I cant find the stuff anywhere.
--- Mark Orr markorr@intersurf.com
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