What's the difference between KT133 and VIA686?

[Roguetech]

Asking for me brother....

Thanx.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Hmmmm the kt133(like any chipset) has a northbridge and a southbridge. The VIA686 is the southbridge from that chipset.

 

[Roguetech]

Heh. Ok, it WAS for my brother, but now I'M curious... Short synopsis on northbridge, southbridge, please

And my Bro also wants to know "What is the best MB to get for the 1.1GHz AMD?"

 

[LXi]

Northbridge controls: CPU, system bus, memory bus, AGP bus
Southbridge controls: PCI bus, ISA bus, IDE controller, USB, PS/2, peripheral control...

Thats the best I can do. And the best KT133 board for Athlon 1.1GHz would be the MicroStar K7T Pro2A.

 

[TheBlondeOne]

This is the "bro" had to create a second login using my wife....
Anyway, what is the difference btw the Gigabyte and the Asus/FIC MB's?

 

[ElFenix]

actually, the northbridge controls the pci bus, and the southbridge is a device on the pci bus. unless you're using intel's hub architecture, then the southbridge is on its own 266 mb/s bus, its supposed to speed up hard driver performance that way.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

The diference between the diferent mobo manufacturers is mostly quality, stability and features.