On Saturday 02 August 2003 23:01, Alan Cox wrote: > On Sad, 2003-08-02 at 17:34, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > > You can't go wrong with an AMD chipset. I've never thought much > > of the VIA chips (problems abound with those it seems - the archives > > of this group should have quite a few horror stories) > > From my own experience the later AMD chipsets are a *lot* better. The > corruption and SBLive mess was a very good reason to worry about the > older ones but not the newer stuff.
Ah, the VIA business. Almost forgot that. I'm thinking of modernizing my aging P233MMX video recorder. The BIOS doesn't like modern HDs, the HD controller isn't very good at handling high speeds, you need a mound of hardware to build a nice video recorder... (If I'd expand it more, I'd like to add a PCI sound card or better PCI HD controller or a PCI firewire card. Only one, as already having a network card, MJPEG card and a Hollywood+ leaves only one slot. The existing graphics is an old ISA card and the sound is an ISA SBAWE32 with no good hardware mixing support.) You get the picture. Instead, I'm thinking of replacing the whole motherboard with a VIA EPIA-M 10000. It has all of the above built in, apart from good drivers for the MPEG decoder and the MJPEG card, and one PCI slot for that very card. Superb. http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_m_spec.jsp?motherboardId=81 But if its VIA chipset is going to be all unstable and crappy, it wouldn't be worth shelling out money for. I like stable, working hardware. Has anyone on the list experimented with the EPIA-M series, and can tell if it's justified to slap a VIA WARNING label on it and forget the whole thing? /Sam ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
