Subject: RE: PCI chipsets.
To: None <darrenr@cyber.com.au, bad@ora.de>
From: None <mvanloon@MindBender.serv.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/11/1998 00:17:26
For what it's worth, I've had excellent luck with the VIA VP2 chipset,
at 75MHz.  The VP3 is out on some AGP boards, and is supposed to be
pretty solid, as well.

I've been using the FIC PA-2007, with 1MB L2 cache.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Darren Reed [SMTP:darrenr@cyber.com.au]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 10, 1998 3:48 PM
> 
> In some mail I received from Christoph Badura, sie wrote
> > darrenr@cyber.com.au (Darren Reed) wrote:
> > >How do the newer SiS PCI chipsets stack up against those from intel
> ?
> > >Does anyone know if they have better/worse performance (aside being
> > >able to run at 83MHz) or if RAM coverage by the cache is limited ?
>  
> > I assume you mean the SiS 5591/5595.  SiS has not approved running
> that
> > chipset faster then 66MHz.  It's cache can also handle no more then
> 256MB
> > RAM.
> 
> Yup, I meant those.  Still, 256MB is more than the 430FX/430TX handle.
> 
> > The Ali Aladdin V looks more interesting, IMHO.
> 
> Are there any motherboards with these in them ?