From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Oct 8 22:20:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA06822 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 22:20:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA06816 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 22:20:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA13638; Wed, 9 Oct 1996 14:50:18 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610090520.OAA13638@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Intel 430VX (Triton III) chipset To: Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 14:50:17 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Carey Nairn" at Oct 9, 96 03:17:44 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Carey Nairn stands accused of saying: > > anyone know of any gotchas with this chipset? Yes. It sucks. > I am considering getting an Asus P/I-P55TVP4 M/B with this chipset on it > and would like to make an informed decision. The 'VX' chipset is the low-end "budget" Triton, designed for use with video cards that use main memory rather than their own onboard memory. Avoid it at all costs. > Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[