VIA USB 2.0 chipset

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  • GT98
    FanBoy
    • Aug 1999
    • 4408

    #1

    VIA USB 2.0 chipset

    Anyone have any experance with these? I just ordered an PCI card to add USB 2.0 support to my main PC (not justified buying a new Mobo, or couldnt talk myself into it ) and was wondering if there was any issues with it.
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  • az
    Moderator
    • Feb 2001
    • 9336

    #2
    Actually, from what I've heard, chipset integrated USB 2.0 is faster.

    AZ
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    • K6-III
      Super MURCer
      • Dec 2000
      • 2253

      #3
      Well, duh. You don't hog the PCI bus that way.
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      • Technoid
        Super MURCer
        • Sep 1999
        • 7645

        #4
        Well, we are selling cards with via usb 2 chipsets and I have installed them in several computers and I have yet to have any problems with em
        (apart from he with w95 osr2 )
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        • Wombat
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 2000
          • 9498

          #5
          Originally posted by K6-III
          Well, duh. You don't hog the PCI bus that way.
          You can't say that one way or the other. Just because it's built-in to a chip means nothing. In fact, I'd say it's probable that it still dangles off the PCI bus.
          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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          • LvR
            Super MURCer
            • Jun 2000
            • 1570

            #6
            What Wombat said.
            Lawrence

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            • Dr Mordrid
              Moderator
              • Apr 2001
              • 26592

              #7
              Exactly. I can't say I've seen a chipset map that shows USB anywhere but on the Southbridge, and the real bottleneck is the NB/SB interconnect anyhow.

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