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Are you sure you won't stress the PCI? With all the **normal** hardware they're hanging off that bus these days I'd be careful until PCIX 2.0 becomes commonplace in the next year or so.
Dr. Mordrid
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An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.
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Well I used via chipsets from vp3 mvp3 KT133a Kt266 Kt266a.
I found it amazing that Via still had problems with Zip drives with the KT133 after all that time. Dunno if they fixed tape streamer problems or not in that time.
Also George Beese saved Via from a lot grief despite there unhelpful attitude towards him at times.Comment
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Now I cant decide between Nforce (better features) or SiS (Higher Bandwidth) as they are both stable platforms.
VIA will have to win the whole world before i turn to itLife is a bed of roses. Everyone else sees the roses, you are the one being gored by the thorns.
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***Matrox G400DH 32MB still chugging along happily in my other pc***Comment
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I would say that if you're running a hardware realtime system (Matrox, Canopus etc.) or 24 bit/96khz ASIO/GSIF/ADAT/SPDIF equipped audio rig (Steinberg, Echo etc.) the SiS's bandwidth is the most compelling of the two. Absent that it's either a wash or a bit of a lean to nForce for features if you have real need for 'em.
One last thing: SiS's bandwidth is apparent in both their AMD and Intel chipsets.
Dr. MordridLast edited by Dr Mordrid; 16 May 2003, 08:58.Dr. Mordrid
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An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.
I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fpsComment
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Before nvidia you had to turn to VIA for features on the AMD platform. Now we don't sell a single VIA board anymore. We're down to 3 chipsets: intel, nvidia and sis. Saves a whole lot of trouble.Comment
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SiS all the way here until they start to suck, then I may have to buy an Intel (heaven forbid)[size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
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After reading about VIA's medicore PCI bus for years... nope...
However, I never tried any VIA board before... just Intel, SiS, and ALi... (ALi is the worse)Comment
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I'm running on a KT133A now, and have had no problems with it at all. So based on that I wouldn't have any reason not to buy a VIA chipset. That being said, my next major upgrade will probably be an Intel solution.Last edited by CHHAS; 17 May 2003, 07:41."That's right fool! Now I'm a flying talking donkey!"
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I would have bought another sis chipset for my next upgrade, but unfortunately it only supports a single dim at ddr400, so my next board will be an nforce 2
Front runner so far is a asus deluxe revision 2...Comment
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