On 15 May 2002 13:02:09 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 01:18, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > How good are the integrated devices on these boards, compared to the > > ones you can buy as add-in PCI cards? > > Don't know yet, you've got me started on CPU utilization numbers. ;) > I'll give you the bean spill when I get thru distilling this google > page... > > Well, here's a bit I just found, regarding CPU utilization and IEEE > 1394/USB 2.0: > > http://www.extremetech.com/article/0,3396,apn=7&s=1005&a=25038&app=5&ap=6,00.asp > > This test puts both buses under considerable stress as it is > evaluating a portable hard drive capable of attaching to both buses. > Therefore to the authors of the article it seemed an excellent > opportunity for a bus to bus performance comparison. > > BTW, it may be just me, but that site seems slow. **************************************** It's not just you.... their adds come from Doubleclick and it's slowwwwww as molasas. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > Tom's reviews never seem to give them much > > attention. How do they perform? Do they tax the CPU any more than a > > standalone card would? I am interested in getting a board with > > integrated sound and ethernet. I would like the board to have at > > least 4 IDE interfaces (not channels) so I can give an entire > > interface to each of my devices. How well do the features of these > > boards work in Linux? > > > > Based on these, can anyone make a board recommendation? I don't want > > to spend too much money, and that is the reason why I'm going for > > integrated peripherals. They need to be decent, though. > > In the link above, it's evident that USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 are very > very close in throughput; 1394 has the edge in CPU utilization at > 11.6%. USB 2.0 rated at 15.4%. The authors of the article I'm > looking at point out that drivers have a big impact on these numbers. > I don't yet see a mention of the chipset that supports USB; I'm still > looking for comparisons of that sort. > > With regard to IDE controllers, I can tell you that a HPT37X IDE > controller is better than anything I've seen yet for IDE drives; > including the Promise options. I've got my primary Raid 0 array on > the integrated Highpoint controller. This frees up the vanilla IDE > controller on the mainboard for such mundane stuff like CDrom or zip, > or experimentation; keeping the Highpoint channels free and dedicated > to soft Raid. > > Since you're board searching, check this out: > > http://www.enmic.de/www/produkte/boards/8ttx2+/8ttx2+.htm > > First board from a German company I've ever seen; impressive. In the > Uncle Tom roundup OpenGL standings, here is where it stood: > > http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020509/kt333-29.html > > Originally I was leaning towards the Epox, but the german Enmic board > is touted by Pabst as being supremely stable; by comparison he said > there were some crashes with the Epox 8k3a+. This is interesting > since externally the Epox and the Enmic are virtually > indistinguishable. The stability statement doesn't bother me much, > (the Epox) I take that with a grain of salt, since he got a weeks > worth of benches out of this board, after it went thru the standard > burn in process. If he had gotten some real trouble he would have > raised holy hell. Or I should say unholy hell. > > What does bother me is the same thing that might be attractive to you, > namely the onboard sound. I'd rather not have onboard sound, I think > it's evil; I've already got two sound cards here that are exceptional. > However, since I love the Epox and the Enmic boards so much in this > review, I'm considering getting one of those anyway and then disabling > the onboard sound. I looked in the features section of the TH review > (there for anybody who bothered to read the article) and found what > chipset the onboard sound is using, so you can evaluate it for > yourself: > > http://www.realtek.com.tw/htm/products/cp/alc650.asp > > If by chance you are interested in perusing the board features, here > is the link to the Enmic: > > http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020509/kt333-07.html > > HTH, Best Regards, L8r, LX > > :) > > > -- > 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� > Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 > Enlightenment 0.16.5 Evolution 1.02 > Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ > 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� > > >
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