via kx-133 YEAH RIGHT!!! i waited a year for this thing cause it was the first athlon chipset to support agp 4x, then it came out and i bought it as soon as i could. The agp 4x added like 3 fps of performance and the chipset in general was buggy as hell, i always had problems with it. rought in hell kx 133
NFarnzy
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BX I used for a couple of years with the O/C Celery 300a@450mhz. Then after that I went to the NForce 2 and I just passed that system onto my siss and she loves it. I would vote for NF4 just because I like it and have had no real problems. Yeah I am a minority but hey if it wasnt the NF4 ..AMD would be lost. Just my 2cents
RebateMonger
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A 300/450MHz Celeron was my main system for years. It was last overclocked system that I've run on a daily basis. I think mine (on an Abit motherboard) is STILL in use by my family, with XP installed.
440BX. During a time when chipsets for Intel and AMD were buggy and unstable, the BX was the ONLY one you could count on to run 24/7 without any problems. Its probably a big factor in installing the perception that Intel is a more stable platform than AMD.
Eug
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I bought a 440BX in the late 90s... and ran various Celeron chips on it until 2005:
Celeron 366 Mendocino --> Celeron 533A@800 Coppermine --> Celeron Tualatin 1.4 GHz
Rock solid. Just Works?.
In fact it's still working great now. I donated it to a charity with the Celeron 1.4 and they were overjoyed with it.
Celeron 366 Mendocino --> Celeron 533A@800 Coppermine --> Celeron Tualatin 1.4 GHz
Rock solid. Just Works?.
In fact it's still working great now. I donated it to a charity with the Celeron 1.4 and they were overjoyed with it.
SiS 735 for me. Good feature set for the time, single chip solution, and ran very cool. It's a shame that no really nice board were made using it though.
If I recall, the Intel 815 was just a tweak of the BX440, and the 815 was able to run dual processors.
BX was a helluva chipset that's for sure.
BX was a helluva chipset that's for sure.
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815 was an half-hearted attempt at a 133MHz FSB chipset by Intel. Despite being much newer than the BX, it was slower than a BX133, and it only supported up to only 512MB RAM.
440 BX, KT133a in that order. Both were rock solid. I have both still running fine at work. I have an Abit KR7A-133 running at 166 Mhz FSB for over 3.5 years now, and an old Intel 440BX at 133 Mhz FSB for exactly 4 years now. Neither has a hitch or complaint.
The i815EP reportedly had lower memory bandwidth than the i440BX but was a solid choice for that era, though admittedly being more of a transitional product.
I was compelled to upgrade to an Abit ST6 from a BH6 sporting those respective chipsets because the board could not supply enough AGP power for even a Radeon 7500 (it varied). If cards were supplied with their own power plugs at that time then the BH6 could have had an even crazier long upgradeabilty (for me) since the CPU range was relatively "unlimited".
I started with a Mendocino C300A @ 464 and went to a Coppermine 533A @ 825 and even flirted briefly with a rare Coppermine P1100 @ 1234 but right about the time that a viddy upgrade became necessary from the likewise legendary Radeon LE TVO (7200), a Tualatin socket adapter (or mod) was available to extend the compatabilty right up to the C/P 1400's!
But as said, it was an ST6 for me... although the good thing was that during the time between discovering the 7500 on the BH6 was no go and actually doing the swap, I was able to get an 8500 instead to complement the new Tualatin C1100A @ 1500. The 8500 had more longevity anyway and indeed was yet another such legendary component.
Please excuse my nostalgic ramblings
I was compelled to upgrade to an Abit ST6 from a BH6 sporting those respective chipsets because the board could not supply enough AGP power for even a Radeon 7500 (it varied). If cards were supplied with their own power plugs at that time then the BH6 could have had an even crazier long upgradeabilty (for me) since the CPU range was relatively "unlimited".
I started with a Mendocino C300A @ 464 and went to a Coppermine 533A @ 825 and even flirted briefly with a rare Coppermine P1100 @ 1234 but right about the time that a viddy upgrade became necessary from the likewise legendary Radeon LE TVO (7200), a Tualatin socket adapter (or mod) was available to extend the compatabilty right up to the C/P 1400's!
But as said, it was an ST6 for me... although the good thing was that during the time between discovering the 7500 on the BH6 was no go and actually doing the swap, I was able to get an 8500 instead to complement the new Tualatin C1100A @ 1500. The 8500 had more longevity anyway and indeed was yet another such legendary component.
Please excuse my nostalgic ramblings
I voted for the 440BX. Had my Celery 300A -> 450, Celery 566 -> 850, and my P3-1GHz on that chipset.
Honorable mention goes to the 430HX Yuma chipset which at the time could cache up to 512MB of system EDO RAM.
I had that with Pentium 133. Great system.
Honorable mention goes to the 430HX Yuma chipset which at the time could cache up to 512MB of system EDO RAM.
I had that with Pentium 133. Great system.
RallyMaster
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I'm gonna say nForce2 because of SoundStorm and the ability to support Barton cores with 400 Mhz FSB. Although I've not used one, it was still a better choice than my crappy ole VIA KM266 Biostar M7VIG Pro >.<
My P3BF is still operational and stable as anything running XP. It burns DVDs w/o error (1 out of 40 with 1 error). Once I upgrade I'll probably sell my friends my 9700Pro for the system, I've already tested it and it works great. I sometimes think I was spoiled by a system that truly never crashed. My 865 still has the occasional hiccup, but I was plagued with driver issues for most its lifetime.
nF2. Without it, AMD probably be in the gutter, seriously. 1700/2100+ & nF2 combo? Seriously the best bang for buck of its time, and probably the one that won the hearts of a many converts. I mean...without it, I might have been a Northwood Intel guy (the shock!)
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