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Alfie · 07-27-2002, 08:29 PM

Jaton usually makes some pretty decent video cards,not recognized as being the leader of the pack,but you would be surprised at some of them.
I had a Jaton(still do) good,reliable.
recently read a review where the person was testing video cards with nvidia chipsets.
Of the ones he tested,one was a Jaton,he really didn't expect much,but Jaton beat the others out!Overclocked better than the others as well,so I wouldn't include them in the bad category.
QDI is a manufacturer of motherboards,they usually produce a quality product and have been doing so for years.
Via is a chipset maker,Via chipsets are the preferance on AMD systems.
Nvidias new motherboard chipset may be a big winner,remains to be seen.
There are those that curse Seagate and praise Fujitsu.
I've come to the conclusion that the best hard drive is the one that works!
What i meant by the IBM thing and I think it was glc brought up the point,hard drives seem to ride in waves,1997-1998 WD released a bunch of hard drives that were no good(I have a box full of them)
The only hard drive to buy a few years ago was IBM,now we see the opposite.
Are all IBM hard drives bad?NO.
Etc.,etc.

07-27-2002, 08:29 PM	#6
Alfie Member (13 bit) Join Date: Sep 1999 Posts: 4,956	Jaton usually makes some pretty decent video cards,not recognized as being the leader of the pack,but you would be surprised at some of them. I had a Jaton(still do) good,reliable. recently read a review where the person was testing video cards with nvidia chipsets. Of the ones he tested,one was a Jaton,he really didn't expect much,but Jaton beat the others out!Overclocked better than the others as well,so I wouldn't include them in the bad category. QDI is a manufacturer of motherboards,they usually produce a quality product and have been doing so for years. Via is a chipset maker,Via chipsets are the preferance on AMD systems. Nvidias new motherboard chipset may be a big winner,remains to be seen. There are those that curse Seagate and praise Fujitsu. I've come to the conclusion that the best hard drive is the one that works! What i meant by the IBM thing and I think it was glc brought up the point,hard drives seem to ride in waves,1997-1998 WD released a bunch of hard drives that were no good(I have a box full of them) The only hard drive to buy a few years ago was IBM,now we see the opposite. Are all IBM hard drives bad?NO. Etc.,etc.