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  From: Alain Satre <alain@messagebay.com>
  To  : Andrew Gosling <gossie@pcpro.net.au>
        Linuxsa <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:38:38 -0800

Re: Buying Pemtium iii 933 or AMD 1.2 GHZ

Have people had any success with VIA chipsets?  I had tried a "Frys Bundle"
motherboard and cpu.  I had a Intel pentium 533Mhz with a Shuttle mother board,
AV61 Via chipset.  Everything I tried to get this board working failed.  My
first sign was memory dumps on RH6.2 when doing an ls, or find, or locate.  I
tried everything I could with no success.  I have switched to a FIC m/b with
intel 440BX chipset and a celeron 700Mhz. Its working great now, not a single
problem from install.  But I dont think Ill ever buy a VIA chipset again.

Alain-

Andrew Gosling wrote:

> I don't know what boards you are looking at, but a good Socket A is about
> the same price as a good 815 board, and $70-90 more expensive that a VIA
> chipset board.
>
> True, they don't have the video, and even with the more expensive board they
> are still brilliant value.
>
> Andrew
>
> > Another aspect you must keep in mind the AMD Boards are averaging approx
> > $20 - $50 chepaer than the Intel 815 boards, however, you don't get dodgy
> > on-board video.
> >
>
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