KT400, Has VIA fixed the PCI bandwidth issues?

[davpen]

I was just wondering if anyone here had dared try a new VIA KT400 based motherboard? The PCI bandwidth problems of VIA chipsets have been well documented in this forum but I note that one of the features of the KT400 is an upgraded of the V-Link connection between north and south bridges from 266MB/s to 533MB/s. So perhaps VIA has made some effort to address the PCI problems. Of course even the 266MB/s link would have been adequate if done properly so there is no guarantee that doubling the speed has actually fixed anything.


Cheers,

David.

[Dr Mordrid]

No, they haven't.

Add to that SiS has a new 963 southbridge takes the link to 1 GB/s and the KT-400 looks pretty lame.

The SiS 746/963 combo will likely first appear in MSI's new MS-6717 before too long.

Dr. Mordrid.

[Jerry Jones]

A fellow who billed himself as a professional NLE system builder (Canopus systems) repeatedly claimed the Via boards worked with Canopus cards.

He moved from Vancouver, Washington to Hollywood, California and I think he's still building systems.

For quite a long time, I believed him when he claimed the bandwidth issues relative to Via chipsets had been fixed.

But now...

...I'm so doubtful...

...based on ONGOING reports from users...

...that I would personally never risk the money to test a Via board.

I'm quite satisfied with both of my NVIDIA NForce 420 boards.

They work as advertised!

Jerry Jones

http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Dr Mordrid]

So do my SiS's.

I think the major advantage of both your NVIDIA and my SiS setups is that they aren't based on VIA's chipsets

Dr. Mordrid