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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!ddi2.digital.net!usenet From: efarris@digital.net (Eblan Farris) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: reason not to buy SIS P5-90 MB for *BSD? Date: 24 Nov 1994 03:55:52 GMT Organization: ANC Lines: 28 Message-ID: <3b12s8$hdi@ddi2.digital.net> References: <rcarterCznF5r.MMr@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: @anc.digital.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ In article <rcarterCznF5r.MMr@netcom.com>, rcarter@netcom.com (Russell Carter) says: > >I'm buying a Free/Net BSD system, pci-scsi-enet. Anybody have any horrors >about trying to boot *BSD on an SIS chipset P5-90 board? (I don't want >to have another "opti experience") > I am a Senior Engineering Specialist with ANC, ANC performs compatability testing on motherboards in the PC industry - one of the very few that does this by the way. Our results are used to market the best value motherboards and system to the technically minded and to support the product throughout its life cycle. Anyhow, we are currently testing a variety of SIS P5-90 motherboards and will advise anyone that is interested in this board - just email me at: efarris@digital.net Currently I can say that the SIS will probably overtake the Intel Neptune because of Price. The Intel Neptune chipset is more expensive than the SIS. SIS is a very well known chipset manufacturer and the SIS chipset is respected by many as being of great value - in performance, price and compatability. Those who are comparing the SIS for a 486 EISA to this SIS for Pentium 90 are making a mistake. The 486 chipsets are a completely different design than the Pentium 90 and no commparison can take place with these two, very different chipsets. The problem one was having with the write back feature is not a known problem of the chipset. Motherboard questions? efarris@digital.net