Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 14 Nov 2001 07:38:11 +0100 | From | DevilKin <> | Subject | Re: What Athlon chipset is most stable in Linux? |
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I've been pushing my AMD Abit KG7 board to the limits without crashing, using a Thunderbird 1.4. Don't forget that cooling is also an important issue with these processors/motherboards!!
(Mobo is using an AMD 761 AGP Bridge and the rest is from Via ... (don't recall, not behind pc)
DK
At 16:37 13/11/2001 -0500, Brian wrote: >We've tried a number of boards for our application servers and the only UP >AMD DDR board I trust right now is the Gigabyte GA-7DX. They are rock >solid. > >Other AMD 761 boards may work, but I've made too many late night trips to >the colo to stray from what I know works. DDR support seems to be the >breaking point on most boards. > > -- Brian > >On Tuesday 13 November 2001 04:08 pm, Calin A. Culianu wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Martin Eriksson wrote: > > > I'm hearing rumours about my University wanting to set up a cluster > > > with AMD Athlon XP+DDR computers, so I wonder what chipset is most > > > stable under Linux? > > > > > > I assume it's the AMD DDR chipset, but I want to be pretty sure. > > > > > > Btw, do compilators currently optimize for the third floating-point > > > unit in Athlon XP processors? > > > > Well, here's my little anecdote: > > > > We bought 33 1.4 GHz AMD Athlons (non-XP) with the slightly deprecated > > VIA KT266 Chipset (Spacewalker AK31 motherboards.. not exactly the Lexus > > of the M/B world but oh well)..
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