Tomshardware: Conclusion: VIA P4X266A And SiS645 Are Better Solutions Than i845D

[AGodspeed]

http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/01q4/011217/index.html

For the most part, the i845D was consistently outperformed by the SiS 645 and P4X266A boards. However, the difference was minimal.

EDIT: This is a repost...but who cares. 🙂

 

[BD231]

For the most part, the i845D were consistently outperformed by the SiS 645 and P4X266A boards

Naturally 😛

 

[NFS4]

Conclusion: this is a repost😉

 

[MadRat]

Doesn't do any good to link to past posts. They charge for that service around here.

 

[Budman]

NFS4 What's your password?

i want to check out that link you posted.😉

 

[Challenger]

Come tax time I'll still get an Intel chipset because the differences are so small and Intel's stability is what I'm looking for.

 

[NFS4]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=657709

You dudes are kinda slow, all you have to do is replace "subscriber" with "forums" 😉

 

[oldfart]

The performance differences between the chipsets are very minimal. Nothing you would ever notice outside of a benchmark. I'd go for the Intel chipset for the sure stability even if it cost a few $$ more.

 

[ChrisOh]

the i845D is intel's first attempt at a DDR chipset, Via's P4X266A is the second try

 

[oldfart]

I think someone came to the wrong conclusion. Here is what Anand had to say in his roundup:


<< Although the P4X266A and SiS 645 chipsets are both faster than the i845 with DDR SDRAM, neither chipset has such a stable following of platforms as the i845. We've been working on a P4X266/P4X266A roundup alongside the i845 DDR roundup and the maturity of the boards is like night and day; the i845 platforms are much more stable, especially when operated with all memory banks populated. >>


This is why I stick with an Intel platform.

 

[Pabster]

Well, what do you expect oldfart?

VIA vs Intel ... boy, that's a tough choice. The issues surrounding P4X266 are well documented, and I personally wouldn't touch "A" with a ten foot pole.

SiS 645, OTOH, hasn't had those issues. In fact, nowhere have I seen anyone mention SiS 645 being unstable. And, speaking from personal experience (one reboot in the last 30 days, to install 23.11 dets) SiS 645 is "rock stable".

 

[NFS4]

<< SiS 645, OTOH, hasn't had those issues. In fact, nowhere have I seen anyone mention SiS 645 being unstable. And, speaking from personal experience (one reboot in the last 30 days, to install 23.11 dets) SiS 645 is "rock stable". >>


Nevermind, misread something up above.