In article <434AACA6.5050401@2005.smokva.net>,
	Petar Bogdanovic <p+netbsd@2005.smokva.net> writes:
> Dave Huang wrote:
>> The last one is actually the onboard nForce ethernet...
>> ..it should work with [...] plus the linux binary
>> driver from nvidia.com).
> 
> That definitely turns me off.

Thanks to PCIe you can simple put in a network card and it will perform
at full GbE speed. Some ports actually have extra Broadcom or
SysKonnect PCIe chips by default. But beware: some port with two
GbE ports use a PCI chip for the second port which will not perform
at full GbE speed because the bus is too slow.

> Additionally, there goes the choice - VIA is the last man standing. :-|

No, VIA isn't a choice. There chipset are not very reliable and their
PCI implementation is slow.

> Or is there maybe a 939-board with an AMD-chipset?

AMD 8139 boards should still be available. But they are a bit old-fashioned
(e.g. no PCIe) and need registered DDR modules which are expensive.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/