why do people badmouth VIA...the same reason they badmouth SIS...their idoits.
VIA and SIS chipset are quite good...I have boards with Intel, Nvidia, SIS and VIA Chipset, and they all work perfectly fine...I have found the VIA KT400 based GA-7VAXP to be more stable than my NF2 based 7N400Pro, and it performs only marginally slower than it as well...as for my SIS based P4 boards...well my GA-8S648FX-L can kick the crap out my 8PE800 pro any day of the week....same as my SINXP1394...it can hammer any 8PENXP with out any hassle
VIA and SIS chipset are quite good...I have boards with Intel, Nvidia, SIS and VIA Chipset, and they all work perfectly fine...I have found the VIA KT400 based GA-7VAXP to be more stable than my NF2 based 7N400Pro, and it performs only marginally slower than it as well...as for my SIS based P4 boards...well my GA-8S648FX-L can kick the crap out my 8PE800 pro any day of the week....same as my SINXP1394...it can hammer any 8PENXP with out any hassle