nVidia or Via (A7V8X or A7N8X)

mainman wrote:

 > Am thinking of getting either A7V8X or A7N8X.
 >
 > Is there anywhere which compares the relative merits of the two differnt
 > types of chipsets?
 >
 > I am not a power user or gamer, but a home user. I value stability,
 > compatibility, vendor support and that sort of thing.
 >
 > Thanks for any info.

You might find some hard info by Google-ing both chipsets. I've
preferred VIA boards, in the past, to SIS or ALI but since leaving my
A7V333-X behind for a 400FSB board, IMHO the nForce chips feel and act
much more stable indeed. Maybe a little picky on the types/brands of
Memory used with it but I wouldn't use cheap gas in a hi-perf engine
either!!

Rob

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mainman <mainman DeleteThis @mail.com> wrote in message news:<Xns9491A705283761E7DA DeleteThis @130.133.1.4>...
 > Am thinking of getting either A7V8X or A7N8X.
 >
 > Is there anywhere which compares the relative merits of the two differnt
 > types of chipsets?
 >
 > I am not a power user or gamer, but a home user. I value stability,
 > compatibility, vendor support and that sort of thing.
 >
 > Thanks for any info.

I can give you a personal testimonial. I had an ABIT KT7A mobo using
the VIA chipset (KT133 as I recall. It was buggy. It was stable, but
it had real bugs. You couldn't use a ZIP drive on the secondary IDE
channel. You needed to cut one of the wires on the IDE cables with a
WD drive. Those were two that I recall. Anyway, I've had no problems
with nVidia chipset on the A7N8X-DLX board I have now. That doesn't
mean that the situation won't be different down the road, but it is a
data point to consider.

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either. since your not overclocking, go on features you`d like/want/need and
price difference.

MAIN difference between the nforce2 and via is that nforce2 has the fixed
pci/agp dividers and also dual channel DDR support (not a major speed
increment, but every little bit helps when o/cing & very hi-perf rigs)

i`ve had both nforce2 and via on asus boards (a7n8x dlx + a7v333) and there
both rock solid.

tim
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 > Am thinking of getting either A7V8X or A7N8X.
 >
 > Is there anywhere which compares the relative merits of the two differnt
 > types of chipsets?
 >
 > I am not a power user or gamer, but a home user. I value stability,
 > compatibility, vendor support and that sort of thing.
 >
 > Thanks for any info.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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