Re: [Sheflug] VIA chipsets for Athlon/Duron mobos

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Will" == Will Newton <will [at] misconception.org.uk> writes:

    Will> On Tuesday 16 Oct 2001 5:32 pm, you wrote:
    >> Ability to use DDR RAM - *with ECC* Nothing onboard. No sound,
    >> no video, no RAID controllers.
    >> 
    >> Maybe one ISA slot, but all PCI is not a problem (and IIRC
    >> they're slightly faster than a mixed ISA/PCI system).

    Will> Apparently the new AMD MP chipset is very nice. All PCI
    Will> systems do tend to be faster, and ISA is a pain
    Will> anyway. Trouble is the high end chipset boards almost always
    Will> have lot's o' built in stuff (like the Tyan Thunder K7).

True - NIC + SCSI + maybe video

I don't know if I want to stretch to a dual processor system this time
around - I've already got a dual PII system, and that's only because
it worked out cheaper than an equivalent uniprocessor system at the
time.

Still... :-)

I've not been able to find out if the Athlon XP is also SMP capable -
obviously the Athlon MP is the chip to have.
IIRC, they both use the Palomino core - but you never can tell with
these things.

    Will> Built in sound and video are good things IMO, because you
    Will> can always turn them off with jumpers or BIOS switches, and
    Will> they are good for testing etc.

More things to go wrong and more things to pay for, as far as I see
it - but I see your point, onboard video isn't such a bad thing for
server systems that are only going to have to display a console at
most.

Cheers,

Baz.


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