Terry Mathews wrote:
 
> No one makes the perfect chip/chipset; if someone did, everyone would buy.
> Right now, you would be hardpressed to match the price/performance ratio of
> AMD processor/VIA KT266A mobo combo with Intel. AFAIK, Intel P4 chipsets
> only support SDR and RAMBUS...

Nope. There's one designed for upgraders with perfectly good PC133:
http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/wn/index.htm
 
> Intel != fast performance. Sometimes they get it right (440BX), sometimes
> they get it wrong (i810e), sometimes they just get greedy (P4 423 pin --
> unupgradable; P4s not dual-capable).

Not disputed.
 
> For the record, I'd rather not give my money to The Man. :-)
 
Me too. Last system I built used a Soyo SY-K7V Dragon Plus
<http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/30/1626230&mode=thread>,
but it wasn't for me. I'm just not thrilled with the current product
options.
-- 
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love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."
                                                Romans 8:28 KJV

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