VIA has had one or two decent chipsets for the AMD platform (KT7/KT7A) , but I overwhelmingly recommend NVidia's NForce to just about everyone these days... and SiS on the low end.
I've got a A64 3000+/NForce4 and a AXP 2200+/SiS. Both run great. Jason Lanclos wrote: >I haven't had any issue's with AMD.. however.. I've had several issues related >to VIA chipsets.. Most of these are caused by VIA's issues with DMA latency. > >I have a AMD Athlon XP 2200+ running on a VIA motherboard that I use in the >living room for MythTV >My PVR-350 card works with no problems.. But I recently got a PVR-500 (2 >tuners) and any time i tried to capture video with it, the machine would >reboot... Supposedly there is a VIA latency patch for windows.. but I >haven't found one for Linux that actually works.. >So right now my PVR-500 is in my Dell workstation and its setup as a MythTV >slave backend. > >I'm not sure if VIA has resolved their DMA issues or not... >I'd still buy AMD, but I'll just avoid VIA chipsets. > > > >On Thursday 14 July 2005 10:24 pm, Will Hill wrote: > > >>AMD has consistently provided better performance / $. At times they even >>provide better absolute performance. AMD, without contracts from the likes >>of Dell have to earn their sales. Incidently, they have hired LSU EEs in >>the past. I've never regretted an AMD board computer. >> >>Last weekend reminded me of how good AMD is. I bought an 800 MHz PIII to >>replace my wife's old 450 MHz K6/2. The new computer had an integrated AGP >>card and 256MB RAM, twice the old machine's. The performance gain was >>real, but not what I expected. >> >>If your not concerned now, Intel won't work for you later. The goal of >>anti-competitive paractices is to not have to pay for research and use the >>difference to hand yourself a big fat bonus. >> >>On Wednesday 06 July 2005 12:47 pm, Brad Bendily wrote: >> >> >>>AMD's prices >>>really that low? I don't really care much about strong arm tatics >>>of Intel. As long as their product works. If not then maybe i'll >>>more concerned. >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>General mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >
