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    AGP 4X success with xp- VIA update

    on checking my agp speed - i noticed it was stuck at 2x - i went to the via page and got the 4in1443 drivers - latest file - and suitable for xp....voila (that's french for wow)..i now have 4x...
    see picture....this may solve some problems for those of you with asus boards with via...
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    You installed the 4-in-1's? ALL of it? Great. Now you'll have AGP4x, and an overall slower, unstable system. If you've got a rollback point, use it, and only install the drivers you specifically need.

    May God be with you.
    Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Wombat
      You installed the 4-in-1's? ALL of it? Great. Now you'll have AGP4x, and an overall slower, unstable system. If you've got a rollback point, use it, and only install the drivers you specifically need.

      May God be with you.
      Why is that Wombat? Why is it slower and unstable?

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      • #4
        Because VIA doesn't know how to write drivers. For example, MS has had superior IDE drivers for VIA chipsets for a long time.
        Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Wombat
          Because VIA doesn't know how to write drivers. For example, MS has had superior IDE drivers for VIA chipsets for a long time.

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          • #6
            your VIA phobia is showing.

            The latest vias are quite reasonable, but my next mobo will not be from via
            Last edited by Marshmallowman; 5 November 2002, 03:52.

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            • #7
              I would agree that Wombat's words are true for older VIA chipsets. The drivers as well as the chipsets were flaky back then, and since they've had plenty of new chipsets to keep them busy not much has been done to fix the problems of older chipsets. But it appears they've learned their lesson. Whether it is in chipset design or writing drivers or both is unclear, but stability for newer chipsets like the KT333 is IMHO actually pretty good.

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              • #8
                They still SUCK!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by SitFlyer
                  They still SUCK!


                  Gen Hardware or soapbox now???
                  Chief Lemon Buyer no more Linux sucks but not as much
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                  • #10
                    not ide busmaster part

                    i think i didn't install the ide busmaster part.....at first i did, but then xp kept recognizing the "hardware" and i didn't find the drivers for it - so i reinstalled the 4 in 1 without the busmaster option - stable so far - will keep you'all posted...

                    hey, i paid for a 4x board, i wanna 4x board,,,whine, whine....
                    AMD1200, A7V. 400g Max, RR, 512mg sdram, Pioneer 10x DVD 104s(no soda holder), Creative DVD dr3, 18g ultra66, 6.4g ultra33, Atapi Zip & PP 100, SB Live Platinum, Cambridge Theatre 5.1, DTT2500 Digital, USB Broadband Blaster, Windows XPsp1

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                    • #11
                      I have a ASUS A7V266-E and uses all drivers included in 4in1. It is stable as hell and faster then a troll hunting a blonde virgin

                      With my western digital 8MB cache drive it rox... (if i only could get my hand on one more, then a raid would be the next thing i would do)

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Tempest
                        I would agree that Wombat's words are true for older VIA chipsets. The drivers as well as the chipsets were flaky back then, and since they've had plenty of new chipsets to keep them busy not much has been done to fix the problems of older chipsets. But it appears they've learned their lesson. Whether it is in chipset design or writing drivers or both is unclear, but stability for newer chipsets like the KT333 is IMHO actually pretty good.
                        A very sensible appraisal I think! I would NOT buy a Via based mobo for myself during the Athlon rush a few years back. I stuck with Intel (paid thru the nose) but my system always had good solid running whilst all my m8's (who saved a bit on the purchase) had no end of grief (Via686B). Anyways, time has passed and now the KT333 units are seemingly as good so why not!
                        Cheers, Reckless

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