Re: dual opteron m/b: S2875ANRF vs. GA-7A8DW
On Thursday 24 February 2005 04:54, Max wrote: Hello! I'm hesitating over a choice of a dual opteron motherboard. Currently I consider two options: Tyan S2875ANRF http://tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8w_spec.html and We have (at work) this mainboard and I must say it is perfect rock-stable piece. It is used for biomolecules simulations, so most time it has full load and till now without any problem (for 3 months). So I only can give the recommendation for this one. Gigabyte GA-7A8DW http://tw.giga-byte.com/Server/Products/Products_ServerBoard_GA-7A8DW.htm They are quite similar (including a price ;) though there are some differences: 1. Form factor ATX vs. EATX (although Gigabyte claims design to fit ATX chassis screw hole, and I think it will fit my middle-tower). try to get size of MB ( e.g. from manual) and compare with your case... 2. Tyan's board has Intel 82541EI GbE LAN controller on-board while Gigabyte's possess Broadcom BCM 5705 (which one is better?). I don't know which is better, but the intel works perfectly - although tested only on Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) - no available 1 Gbps switch :( 3. Tyan has 5 PCI slots, Gigabyte - 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI (currently I don't have any PCI-X devices). 4. Tyan has integrated Firewire controller (I use firewire sometimes, currently with PCI controller). With respect to the features, I would prefer Tyan's board. But as a brand I like Gigabyte better than Tyan: previously I've had some negative experience with Tyan, and for more than a year I have been very pleased by dual-athlon Gigabyte motherboard GA-7DPXDW-P. I know only about 2 Tyan MB in my neighbourhood - without any problem. But with one Gigabyte A64 (sock. 754) MB (K8VT800) we have serious problem - it cannot run with 2 DIMM double sided modules - but ram is problemfree - I don't know if it is problem with CPU or MB, but there are some people on forum.amd.com, which complain about same or very similar problem with gigabyte MB. :( Milan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dual opteron m/b: S2875ANRF vs. GA-7A8DW
I'm hesitating over a choice of a dual opteron motherboard. Currently I consider two options: Tyan S2875ANRF http://tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8w_spec.html I have this board - it works perfectly for me with pure64. -- Debianista! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dual opteron m/b: S2875ANRF vs. GA-7A8DW
I'm hesitating over a choice of a dual opteron motherboard. Currently I consider two options: Tyan S2875ANRF http://tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8w_spec.html I have four of these boards. I've seen no board related problems. Don Hayward at pomobuli.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dual opteron m/b: S2875ANRF vs. GA-7A8DW
I dont use any of the 2 boards, but things to watch out for are drivers for using Raid together with the Sil3114. The proprietary drivers come only for a few OS's yet. The Opensource driver is of course available as alternative. Best regards Nils Valentin I have a Gigabyte GA-7A8DW. Installs (sid-amd64-netinst.iso) and runs perfectly fine on Pure64/unstable. The EATX size caught me out and I had to get a bigger case. $ uptime 17:19:49 up 26 days, 14 min, 2 users, load average: 1.42, 0.53, 0.23 (not working too hard currently, but was compiling with make -j2 :-) The two PCI-X slots can be used as standard PCI slots. The only thing to watch for is to make sure the DDR is in the right slots, or it won't boot (at all). Hope this helps. Later Lee Begg On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:54, Max wrote: Hello! I'm hesitating over a choice of a dual opteron motherboard. Currently I consider two options: Tyan S2875ANRF http://tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8w_spec.html and Gigabyte GA-7A8DW http://tw.giga-byte.com/Server/Products/Products_ServerBoard_GA-7A8DW.htm They are quite similar (including a price ;) though there are some differences: 1. Form factor ATX vs. EATX (although Gigabyte claims "design to fit ATX chassis screw hole", and I think it will fit my middle-tower). 2. Tyan's board has Intel 82541EI GbE LAN controller on-board while Gigabyte's possess Broadcom BCM 5705 (which one is better?). 3. Tyan has 5 PCI slots, Gigabyte - 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI (currently I don't have any PCI-X devices). 4. Tyan has integrated Firewire controller (I use firewire sometimes, currently with PCI controller). With respect to the features, I would prefer Tyan's board. But as a brand I like Gigabyte better than Tyan: previously I've had some negative experience with Tyan, and for more than a year I have been very pleased by dual-athlon Gigabyte motherboard GA-7DPXDW-P. The motherboard is going to be used for intensive 24/7 computations. Of course, under Debian pure64. Please share your experience or suggestions. Thanks, Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dual opteron m/b: S2875ANRF vs. GA-7A8DW
Hello! I'm hesitating over a choice of a dual opteron motherboard. Currently I consider two options: Tyan S2875ANRF http://tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8w_spec.html and Gigabyte GA-7A8DW http://tw.giga-byte.com/Server/Products/Products_ServerBoard_GA-7A8DW.htm They are quite similar (including a price ;) though there are some differences: 1. Form factor ATX vs. EATX (although Gigabyte claims design to fit ATX chassis screw hole, and I think it will fit my middle-tower). 2. Tyan's board has Intel 82541EI GbE LAN controller on-board while Gigabyte's possess Broadcom BCM 5705 (which one is better?). 3. Tyan has 5 PCI slots, Gigabyte - 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI (currently I don't have any PCI-X devices). 4. Tyan has integrated Firewire controller (I use firewire sometimes, currently with PCI controller). With respect to the features, I would prefer Tyan's board. But as a brand I like Gigabyte better than Tyan: previously I've had some negative experience with Tyan, and for more than a year I have been very pleased by dual-athlon Gigabyte motherboard GA-7DPXDW-P. The motherboard is going to be used for intensive 24/7 computations. Of course, under Debian pure64. Please share your experience or suggestions. Thanks, Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dual opteron m/b: S2875ANRF vs. GA-7A8DW
I have a Gigabyte GA-7A8DW. Installs (sid-amd64-netinst.iso) and runs perfectly fine on Pure64/unstable. The EATX size caught me out and I had to get a bigger case. $ uptime 17:19:49 up 26 days, 14 min, 2 users, load average: 1.42, 0.53, 0.23 (not working too hard currently, but was compiling with make -j2 :-) The two PCI-X slots can be used as standard PCI slots. The only thing to watch for is to make sure the DDR is in the right slots, or it won't boot (at all). Hope this helps. Later Lee Begg On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:54, Max wrote: Hello! I'm hesitating over a choice of a dual opteron motherboard. Currently I consider two options: Tyan S2875ANRF http://tyan.com/products/html/tigerk8w_spec.html and Gigabyte GA-7A8DW http://tw.giga-byte.com/Server/Products/Products_ServerBoard_GA-7A8DW.htm They are quite similar (including a price ;) though there are some differences: 1. Form factor ATX vs. EATX (although Gigabyte claims design to fit ATX chassis screw hole, and I think it will fit my middle-tower). 2. Tyan's board has Intel 82541EI GbE LAN controller on-board while Gigabyte's possess Broadcom BCM 5705 (which one is better?). 3. Tyan has 5 PCI slots, Gigabyte - 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI (currently I don't have any PCI-X devices). 4. Tyan has integrated Firewire controller (I use firewire sometimes, currently with PCI controller). With respect to the features, I would prefer Tyan's board. But as a brand I like Gigabyte better than Tyan: previously I've had some negative experience with Tyan, and for more than a year I have been very pleased by dual-athlon Gigabyte motherboard GA-7DPXDW-P. The motherboard is going to be used for intensive 24/7 computations. Of course, under Debian pure64. Please share your experience or suggestions. Thanks, Max pgpQZHlCR1Qmy.pgp Description: PGP signature
