Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 20:10:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> Cc: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Triton II chipsets Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960824193842.2158M-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199608242325.AA217299148@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com>
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On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, Darryl Okahata wrote: > > FX is Triton, HX is Triton II, isn't VX Triton III ? > > No, VX is just a variant of the Triton II, although some people > mistakenly call it the "Triton III" (the two chips came out roughly at > the same time, and so it doesn't make sense to call it "III"). Motherboard manufacturers call it Triton III. It is the 3rd release of the Triton chipset, hence the name. > > > and is HX faster then VX, if so, why does VX exist ? > We configure and sell both of them here and never noticed any performance difference between the two. The primary difference is that most HX boards support 512MB memory and Parity/ECC memory whereas the VX handles up to 128MB for most boards (I believe there are some 256MB boards too) and does not support parity memory, but supports the faster SDRAM memory. The VX exists because it is targeted for a different market. For a comparison of the chipsets, try: http://www.intel.com/design/pcisets/ > It exists to satisfy the el-cheapo clone makers. Using the VX, you > can build cheap systems whose video subsystems use the motherboard's > main RAM as video memory. Of course, this kills performance, but the > uninformed masses don't know that .... > Possibly true, but as far as I know there are currently no such video cards out. Besides, who would want to fake video memory when video memory is so cheap nowadays? ---- || Shoppers Network BEST PRICES, FULLY x86 COMPATIBLE & FAST!!! || PO BOX 16627 Cyrix 686s now available! || San Francisco, CA 94116 Email - info@shoppersnet.com | ------------------------------> WWW - http://www2.shoppersnet.com -------------------------------> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com/shopping
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