Are the VIA chipsets still a poor choise?

korgano · Post by **korgano** » Tue Jun 05, 2001 5:11 pm

heeeelp
i have MSI K7T turbo mainboard with AMD 1,2GHz CPU
and lot of problems with it
i know that was a poor choice
but is there any help for it or i need to buy different one?

somebody help?

algorhythm · Post by **algorhythm** » Tue Jun 05, 2001 5:14 pm

see subhumans pc recommendations in the tips and tricks section. what sort of problems?
get tweakbios and up your pci latency settings (if your mb doesn't already support). don't fahk this up though!

korgano · Post by **korgano** » Tue Jun 05, 2001 5:25 pm

thanks
i ll try subhumans tips
and report!
problem:

after few minutes ,sometimes hour
i have computer jamed,
see blue screen...
have pulsar 1
and pulsar 2.04a software
with cubase 5
win 98

korgano · Post by **korgano** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 3:52 pm

so i tried subhumans tips and tricks
but nothing helps!
is there anybody with MSI K7T turbo or some other VIA Chipset mainboard and pulsar1?
is it possible to get it working together?

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 5:47 pm

VIA is still a bad choice and unfortunately while you can help the poor performance using the utilities found on <a href=http://www.viahardware.com/>this website</a>, there is no way to bring it to the full performance of a BX, 815. AMD760 is also a promising chipset as is the new nVidia, but AVOID VIA for best results with reverbs, sample playback and lots of audio tracks.

Mo · Post by Mo » Thu Jun 07, 2001 2:38 am

what about the new via chipset kt266? anyone got the msi kt266 pro running with pulsar/scope?

its structure contains the v-link, a connection between the new v-link southbridge and the northbridge, which doubles the bandwidth of that interconnect.

as far as it comes with a completely new southbridge (afaik the southbridge of the via chips kt133 and kt133a was the 'bad thing' for our cards), there should be no reason why it shouldn´t be suited for pulsar as well as the i815 is...

there is also another promising chipset from sis - ok, it´s no chipset - it´s a single chip...

gruß,
Mo

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 7:28 am

You might check out <a href=http://planetz.ghostwheel.com/phpBB/vie ... rum=1>this thread about VLINK</a>. In short, it's probably a great chipset for the standard consumer and perhaps even gamer, but I personally wouldn't ever use a VIA chipset in a higher end audio work station. For like $15-25 more, you can get a proven, solid choice like the BX and 815. I'm finishing up my second AMD760 (ASUS A7M266) today, so perhaps within days I'll have some more AMD760 results. Preliminary results seem to show that it kicks any VIA chipset out of the water.

Did you see <a href=http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1483>the article about the new AMD760MP chipset?</a> That's right Dual AMD Thunderbird DP cpu's baby! By the end of the year, we'll have 2 very good choices for AMD, hopefully a dually sub-$200 AMD board running the AMD760MP chipset, and <a href=http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1484>the nVidia crush</a> chipset Mo's been talking about here on the forums.

I'd wait for one of those, or snag an 815 board to surf until the waters are warmer. Cos in my view, nothing is colder than a VIA

korgano · Post by **korgano** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 4:45 pm

first of all i would like to say thanks to all people who aswered my help calls!
i have bought an asus cusl c board and this is an end of all problems i ve ever had.
i am a HAPPY MAN!!!!!
recomand to the rest of the world!
sell everything and buy only ASUS CUSL or CUSL c main boards that will save you your money and time.
...this is not a commercial message from ASUS

[ This Message was edited by: korgano on 2001-06-07 17:46 ]

Mo · Post by Mo » Fri Jun 08, 2001 5:03 am

thanks for the links, subhuman, was interesting to read this.

so it´s called nForce now...

algorhythm · Post by **algorhythm** » Fri Jun 08, 2001 5:54 am

yep! nforce sounds swell.

i am getting a CUSL2-C and PIII 933 for the time being . . . holding out for warmer waters, as subhuman put it.

fra77x · Post by **fra77x** » Wed Jun 20, 2001 12:48 am

Check Creamware forum...
A solution have found.

Zork · Post by **Zork** » Wed Jun 20, 2001 1:01 am

In addittion to Fra77x:

http://shop.creamware.de/forum/Dsp_Syst ... 7D864}.htm

Mo · Post by Mo » Wed Jun 20, 2001 6:21 am

yes, looks promising.

thanks to spliffy.

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Sun Aug 26, 2001 3:52 am

http://www.msi.com.tw/products/mainboar ... el=MS-6321
or was a disaster to run w Pulsar. I could not load any Reverbs/Delays without having PCI Master Overflows (chk google.com for "PCI Mazster Overflow", just for fun

Now going to get this one, look at it's specs! It's a dual CPU 815 mobo.
http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/Produ ... views.html
or
http://www.acorp.com.tw/English/default.asp and get ingo on A815EPD1 (the EPD1 stands for dual cpu, no onboard video, audio nor LAN)

Miep Miep atomic

*added*

Running the 6A815EPD fro a week now, very satisfactory. Only one BSOD, in mediaplayer. Never any PCI error. The deck has dual PCI bus, dual CPU on an Intel 815 chipset

[ This Message was edited by: atomic on 2001-10-16 20:00 ]