Re: Re: VIA / INTEL chipset
Originally posted by boeingfixer
They tend to make some for some markets too.
That I can't argue with :haha:
But Intel mainly supports their own processors with chipsets.
Also your comment about Intel have made some good, some terrible. I think this can be said about any company, I know quite a few users that are using old BX boards with slokets and modifications so they can run newer celerons overclocked etc. and are very reluctant to give up their old Intel boards.
Lets look at the previous generation of chipsets...
Socket A:
AMD 760
Ali MaGiK
Via KT266A
SiS What ever the number was
Now we all know that the Via chipset out performs AMDs and AMD are the ones who manufacture the CPUs...
Multiple Sockets for Intel:
Intel 8xx
Via
SiS
If your spouting that Intel are great for integrated everything, SiS actually have about the same record for integrated video since they both tried to compete in the video GPU market a few years back and failed and with drew, and hardly anyone who builds their own PC wants integrated audio and video anyway.
The first P4 chipset i850 didn't really take advantage of the Rambus memory that it had to be paired with (that 423 socket ewww
), so you ended up with a hobbled P4, the i845 helped greatly with its increased pin count for the socket. If you go to either
www.anandtech.com or
www.tomshardware.com and check out the performance differences between the various chipset manufacturers you'll usually find there isn't a massive amount of difference. Again as with their processors you usually end up paying a premium price for Intel chipsets.
Now Via are almost forcing Intel to release the i845D chipset by providing the first DDR solution for the P4 and having it provide the same performance levels memorywise as the P4 with rambus.
I know a lot of people hate Via because of the whole SB!Live episode but you really have to appreciate how much they are helping to push the market forward.
I'm not saying that Intel are bad, I mean look at their track history, but when presented with a question that says "Intel Or Via" I have to say Via as they aren't tied down to supporting one memory type or one CPU make.