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Chipset Duel - VIA vs. Nvidia nForce

Posted by michael on from the dueling-banjos dept.

msolnik writes: "Tom's Hardware has put 13 motherboards to the ultimate test in their lab. The outcome? By and large, the VIA KT266A chipset knocks the stuffing out of the Nvidia nForce 420D. True bright spots were the candidates sent in by Soltek and Soyo."

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  1. heh heh heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but I use WebTv!

  2. Parent is karma whore -- mod down! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    listen to more Scooter.

  3. Re:Compiling linux kernel on windows ? by lfourrier · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    EH, It's Linux 7.3.
    I suppose all 2.4.15 bugs have been ironed out.

  4. Re:Advice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    go home. the trash can and the soda bottles will not help the cause, unless you use them at home. Go home, and use the trash can, then bring it back to work.

  5. Re:Motherboard reviews well done by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    before trying to look diferent with a french looking signature, assure yourself it's actually correct french.

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  7. OT, but interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Check it out. Does this Marine dude look like Darth Maul, or what?

  8. NuisanceForce - don't forget... by Plasmic · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    NForce = NuisanceForce

    You've probably seen some hardware reviews like this that describe some of the lateral front-side improvements that some of the ASIC frontiersmen have been embarking on, but the reality of it all doesn't always sink in during the course of creating a chipset duel like this. You can't ignore the inability to do PCI syncs on most of the higher-end pipelined components like the Creative Audigy and GeForce 3 Ti500.

    If you dig a little, you'll see that those folks also have long history of solving problems like those described in your post. In fact, one of the market segments they've been targetting for the last few months involves sub-AGP register performance enhancement tailoring. So, while you end up with some benchmarks resembling AGP 8x, you find yourself wallowing in a sea of self-pity as your multimedia performace drops off the charts.

    The practical implications of this are worse than vaporware. With all of this attention flowing in the direction of negative progress, we're likely to be more inhibited than we helped by this uncommitted branching of GDI code.

    These bastards can take their front side resonating bleed factor, cover it in bubble wrap, and mail it to their mothers.

  9. Re:Nice website. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You could run an anonymous ftp server on your machine with the new linux kernel while trying to view the site.

    Just a suggestion.