Avoid the TX chipset unless you are _sure_ you will _never_ need more than
64mb RAM, as it is brain damaged and can only cache the first 64mb. Vendor
"A"'s offer is pretty sweet, I'll probably get a couple myself if you tell me
whho "A" is...
Joe Nestlerode wrote:
> "Vendor A" has an FIC VA503+ motherboard, w/ an AMD K6 300MHz MMX
> processor, VIA Apollo VP3 chipset and 1 Mb on-board cache for $259.
>
> "Vendor B" has a Shuttle Hot 569 motherboard w/ an AMD 266Mhz MMX
> processor, Intel 430TX chipset and 512Kb on-board cache for $289.
>
> The first has a faster processor and twice as much on-board cache for
> less money, but it's not an Intel chipset. Should I be leary of this?
> Anyone have experience with either of these boards? (This is for a
> Linux-only machine, btw.)
>
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