> -----Original Message----- > From: brett holcomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: February 6, 2003 11:49 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mother board recommendations > > > Okay. I understand now. I thought it was for the > graphics cards. > > VIA is a mess - I don't buy boards with VIA chipsets.
I'll add my two cents :) I have not used an Intel chipset MB since an early pentium (HX chipset I think). Never had a problem with VIA on any OS (Win 9.x, 2000, XP, Corel, RH, Mandrake, Gentoo). Now that I said that, I just picked up a great deal on a i845 chipset MB last night. Once I get a P4 power supply (I did not know they were not ATX, but ATX12V) I will see how it runs under Gentoo. My only concern is the manual does not say exactly what sound chipset it is, but it is "AC97" compliant so I should be fine. I will be running this with the cheapest chip I could find, Celeron 1.7 at 400Mhz bus (a P4 Celeron). -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
