Windows 2000 sucks! :(

[Randy Simons]

Hihihi, same ol' battle of the chips again

I'm using my Epox SS7 bord for more than 1.5 years now, without major problems. The only step back I had to take was to use AGP1X for my G200, but that was not entirely Via to blame.

Sure, those sets aren't among the best (a messed up USB support, and the "update" from Via won't even install normally...) and problems with AGP in an early revision.

Just let me say that Intel, via ALi, SiS all have to spend more effort in designing good stuff. My father's BX system is far less stable than my MVP3.

DO NOT blame every problem on Via, Intel, M$, Matrox etc. The real problem is the enormous variation in hardware the last decade. There are no high-leve standards anymore, and that's causing the problems IMO.

Damn, those MSX-days were good, huh? No stability issues, no compatibility issues, no driver problems.. Simply plug it in and/or run it

[Alfie]

Oh No!
Not again!
Let's all go back to Opti chipsets,and end this.
Via chipsets are ok.Not as fast as Intel,some mobo manufacturers make lousy products,cut corners to offer their product at a cheaper price.
10to1,even a BX chipset on a lousy mobo could cause problems.
As Intel sets out the standard ,AGP for example,other chipset manufacturers have to play catch up.
With AMD releasing the Athlon it's Intel's turn trying to play catch up and stay ahead.
Intel seems to be having problems.
820 chipsets?PentiumIII's cracking under stress?
Via right now is boasting a 40% market share.
Not in defense of Via,nor an attack on Intel,
I still believe it's the platform they're set on!

[Vlip]

I disagree with those SS7 bashers out there.
Those chipsets where indeed not as good as the BX one. Everyone trying to say the opposite is full of crap.
I had one of those and it worked after I understood what it needed to.
It was stable and even fast. It accepted to work at AGP 2x with everything boosted to the max (FSB overclocked by example).
So morality of what I'm writing: If you bought a good mobo (asus by example ;-)) you could with some tweaking make it work.
I'm building a lot of cheap business computer who only needs to have good 2d and fast office software speed. And for that I never found a better combo as a K6-2 500, asus p5a and matrox g200 (too bad those puppies aren't sold anymore in Switzerland).

So stop bashing SS7 because you couldn't figure out how to make them work.
Now you can bash them because you need to tweak them and because they don't work at the first try like the BX chipset. But are you a computer geek? If yes it shouldn't bother you to have a bad time before making it working.

Vlip