PCMech Forums - View Single Post - Whats are the most important components for a gaming computer?

Alfie · 12-22-2003, 10:46 AM

After a while,one grows tired of "stay away from Via"
The Via chipsets have matured and when coupled with an OS like XP that has native support built in,the chipsets perform quite well.
The Nvidia 2 chipset is the chipset of choice for AMD systems,but I'm using a Soltek board with the Via600 chipset,with it's improved memory controller and native support for SATA raid,it's a chipset worth considering.
The overall performance gain from the sata raid configured in 0 is quite impressive.
Side by side(Nvidia 2 and Via 600) there is no noticeable difference, benchmarks would show the Nvidia2 is slightly faster.

12-22-2003, 10:46 AM	#17
Alfie Member (13 bit) Join Date: Sep 1999 Posts: 4,956	After a while,one grows tired of "stay away from Via" The Via chipsets have matured and when coupled with an OS like XP that has native support built in,the chipsets perform quite well. The Nvidia 2 chipset is the chipset of choice for AMD systems,but I'm using a Soltek board with the Via600 chipset,with it's improved memory controller and native support for SATA raid,it's a chipset worth considering. The overall performance gain from the sata raid configured in 0 is quite impressive. Side by side(Nvidia 2 and Via 600) there is no noticeable difference, benchmarks would show the Nvidia2 is slightly faster.