FWIW the VIA KT133 chipset seems to have about 2x the memory performance of
the
BX chipset.  Obviously it has some IDE problems (at least with the 686B SB),
but you can
just use a different IDE controller or SCSI.
They are comparably priced to the BX and the Athlon Thunderbird's kick butt.
:-)

-Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: <wojtek@3miasto.net>
To: <tm_wanka@earthling.net>
Cc: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: Problems with HDs and VIA Chipsets


> Supermicro, Micron (it seems they donīt have mobos anymore) as
> well as Systms from Dell and Compaq. These boards cost around
> USD 900,-- here. I considered using one as they seem to be the

so they ARE expensive.

> only x86 boards that support 64Bit PCI and 1024MB Dimms.
>
> > i have ABIT motherboard which works STABLE at 133Mhz.
>
> It is overclocked by the manufacturer.
yes. but testes for stability and well tested (works ultrastable for me)