Darren King wrote: > Felix Miata wrote: > > I currently have four machines with AMD chips and one (486) with Intel. > > If I had to buy a motherboard today, it would probably be one that uses > > an Intel CPU. Most AMD motherboards use performance crippled VIA > > chipsets. How good the CPU is matters little when the primary bottleneck > > is the I/O bus.
> Wow...that's a can of worms! I have a new AMD system that kicks > ass...sorry guys, it's my xp machine (gotta play games!). Maybe you're > referring to the KT266 chipset. The newer KT266A chipset addressed > those issues and has been found to been really quick. My Athlon XP > 1700+ based system is very, very fast (Epox 8KHA+ mobo). > IMHO, via has been making great chipset for ages. I don't think so. I found the article that lead to my comment: http://www.tecchannel.de/hardware/817/index.html -- "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28 KJV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/
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