VIA Launches KT333 Chipset
With 25% more memory bandwidth, the VIA Apollo KT333 offers the ultimate in high performance computing, excelling in the most demanding applications, and fully exploiting the unmatched performance of powerful AMD Athlon XP processors with QuantiSpeed Architecture.
The VIA Apollo KT333 also boasts the latest South Bridge technology with first to market innovations like Ultra ATA-133 in the VT8233A. Ultra ATA-133, offering 33% more bandwidth between hard drive and chipset, delivers the performance headroom needed for todayÂ’s and tomorrowÂ’s data intensive applications, including video and gaming. The enhanced IDE controller supports all Ultra-DMA 33/66/100/133 devices including HDDs, CD-ROMS and DVD-ROMs as well as new generation BigDrive HDDs that break the previous 137GB limit on hard drive capacity and enable an exponential increase in data storage capacity for personal computing devices. [ read more ]
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SiS 745 or Nforce
I AIN'T TOUCHING VIA WITH A BIG BARGEPOLE-
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right now I've got an AlthonXP 1700+ / SiS 735 / 512MB Pc133 / Geforce 2 MX
and in the next room
P3-800/VIA 694/768MB PC133/Geforce 1 SDR
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This Althon is the most troublefree system setup I've ever done.
I DID have a P3-700 @ 933 on an i815E board, which recently died, I'm fairly certain Abit are to blame for that, not intel :)-
(the P3 still works perfectly by the way, everything out of that system does, except the board)
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so you don't recall the Win9x drivers intel released for the i815E that had a nasty tendency to trash the filesystem?
Intel aren't perfect dude, get over it :)-
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they beat the crap out of VIA for chipsets?.. yeah, but SiS are making decent stuff, the AMD 762 r0x0rs, and Nforce, whilst we can't really gauge it's long term stability yet.. it's looking promising
the Althon isn't perfect, but then, neither is thet x86 architecture, in an ideal world we'd all be sitting at Power4's :)
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dude, you can't get Power4's in macs :)
if you could, I'd be all over them like Hawkeye on Aria Giovanni though-
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well, I wouldn't say no to a Quicksilver PowerMac G4 on my desk :)
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Apple is kicking ass in the notebook design department. Even the new ibook is one sexy little beast. And the G4 titanium?
ooooooOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo!
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the current G4e's aren't exactly slow, but they aren't IRQ based like x86, so they tend to perform MUCH more... smoothly for certain things.
and Altivec is something of a beast
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Fir fuck sakes man, it's a driver update BIG DEAL. Do you update your video or sound card drivers are are still using the originals?
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So, driver updates are recalls? Do you own a GeForce card? If you do you had better sell it because those fuckers recall drivers twice a month!! Goof.
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Do you say the same for the Windows OS?
If so...try running windows without a single patch or update and see how stable/secure it is.-
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Hardeware is a choice. Agreed. however, because some people have problems with the VIA chipset does not mean that is the norm.
I've had many VIA chipsets and have yet to experience any major issues like the ones that I've read on this site.
(knocks on wood)
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Oh, by your reasoning all drivers should be rock solid and never change from 1.0. Gotcha. Why didn't you just say you wanted unrealisitic perfection.
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why the fuck do you keep talking about the 4-in-1's like your whole system is screwed if you don't update them every 2 weeks? I installed the ones that came with my motherboard and haven't touched them since. It's not NECESSARY to update them just because a new version is out. Yeah Via made one set that screwed things up, well, Intel released a similar driver for the 815 chipset that fucked windows over once too, do I think intel sucks because of it? No
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You'll hear a lot of anti-via sentiment here on the shack, but personally, myself and I know our wooden shoe wearing friend would agree with me that it works fine with Win2k/XP. I've been very happy with my mobo for almost 2 years now.
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I have an 'ancient' Athlon 750 w/Asus K7V mobo (VIA KX133 chipset) and I've never been happier with a computer. Rock solid stable... and in all honesty, I don't recall having a lock or a crash with this system in 18 months.
Gonna upgrade in the fall though so I'll be keeping my eye on the new VIAs for sure.
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That COULD be from the memory, and not the chipset.
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When I worked at a computer store the first thing people wanted to blame when they had problems was the use of non "brand name" components. Average Joes tend to buy into the FUD that Intel, Compaq, and IBM like to dish out.
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Had an Abit 133A chipset mobo and had no problems with it. I even had an SB Live in the board. It was stable and overclocked nicely. Now I have an Asus KT266A mobo and so far so good. I think people exagerate problems with VIA just like people that still try to say AMD is incompatible or unstable.
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no, it's that VIA rigs are stable for a lot of people, but the people who do have problems, have them BIGTIME
who can forget the 4-in-1 updates that rendered Windows unbootable...-
So what? It's not like other companies haven't fucked Windows before. We use tons of Athlons and PEntiums here at work with VIA chipsets and the sysadmins haven't said boo about them.
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No use arguing with the "Antigonists" here Fred.
I say 4in1's are like a "Windows Update" option for MS OS's.
I mean really..
Whens the last time anyone ran a flawless, clean, SECURE version of Windows with out ANY patches?
anyone?
thats what I thought.
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