If you want a really good Athlon/duron with great upgrade options, then get an MSI K7T266 Pro2
uses DDR, and can take anything up to a AthlonXP2000+ (which isn't out yet) with a bios upgrade, even more. Very fast chipset, (equiv or better then Nforce) onboard sound, (which you don't have to use if you don't want to.) USB2 support (optional) IDE Raid (optional) and an excellent device that fills an empty slot and contains rows of leds that diagnose the system. I have one working running 7.2 and its workin fine. I think this board can have onboard ethernet as well.. Mine has a Athlon XP 1800+ I read a test for business apps recently that shows that every AMD chip over 1.3 gig beats the P42gig hands down, but the ground is sometimes reversed for 3D stuff.. (but not always and new drivers are apparently fixing the problem (like via chipset drivers and video card stuff.) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Felix Miata Sent: Saturday, 15 December 2001 7:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Shopping for Motherboard for Linux Time to move past socket 7. I tried putting Mandrake 8.1 on an Amptron with SiS730. Vendor got that board back in short order. Are there any (other) current Athlon/Duron boards to be avoided or preferred for use with Linux? Are there any good buys with integrated sound and/or network and/or video that do have Linux support? I've had good luck with AOpen, Asus & Tyan in the past & would prefer to stick with one of them. TIA -- "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/
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