is this hardware supported?

[Roland Smith]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 02:12:28AM +0200, Roberto Nunnari wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I would like to buy the following motherboard but
> I couldn't find its chipsets in the 6.3 supported HW list:
> 
> So, I thought to ask the list for comments.
> 
> http://www.gigabyte.de/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2613&ProductName=GA-73PVM-S2H
> 
> It's a GigaByte GA-73PVM-S2H
> 
> What I'm worring about is expecially the sata disk controller:
> GeForce 7100/nForce 630i chipset
> 
> and the network interface:
> RTL 8211B chip

I would avoid Nvidia chipsets. For Athlon processors, I've had the best
results with motherboards with a AMD or VIA chipset. For Intel processors,
VIA or intel chipsets are fine.

Roland
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