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Date:      Wed, 9 Oct 1996 14:50:17 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel 430VX (Triton III) chipset
Message-ID:  <199610090520.OAA13638@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961009151438.8736H-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au> from "Carey Nairn" at Oct 9, 96 03:17:44 pm

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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

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