I Like VIA

JavaFox · Jun 21, 2002, 05:59 AM

No, really.

You know that feeling you get when you buy a NVDA card and you know exactly where to get the Det's? You know they're good. You know that they'll make the card run smoother. You're confident. It feels good.

I feel the same about VIA. I know exactly where to get the 4-in-1's. I know they're released often. I know they're good, and I know they'll make my system run smooth. It just feels good to be able to put 4-in-1's on a new box.

Yeah, you heard me.

Doomtrooper · Jun 21, 2002, 06:20 AM

Via makes great chipsets, never had any issues with them besides the SBlive, Kt 133a fiasco which IMO is Creative's fault with poor bus mastering.

UberLord · Jun 21, 2002, 11:23 AM

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Originally posted by Doomtrooper
never had any issues with them besides the SBlive

Seems like Creative fixed a few issues with the Audigy - shame about the 30meg download + u NEED the packing CD.

I can't believe the download asks for the CD - ffs it only works on creative hardware so why does it need the CD?

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH - (sorry - morning rant)

Silentst2000 · Jun 22, 2002, 02:34 AM

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Originally posted by JavaFox
No, really.

You know that feeling you get when you buy a NVDA card and you know exactly where to get the Det's? You know they're good. You know that they'll make the card run smoother. You're confident. It feels good.

I feel the same about VIA. I know exactly where to get the 4-in-1's. I know they're released often. I know they're good, and I know they'll make my system run smooth. It just feels good to be able to put 4-in-1's on a new box.

Yeah, you heard me.

Impulse · Jun 22, 2002, 03:25 AM

[SIZE=x-small]I can't wait for the KT400 chipset

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DallasStar · Jun 22, 2002, 03:26 AM

I feel like the only person that's never bought a via before

Malus · Jun 22, 2002, 03:35 AM

VIA = pretty damn good

Creative = pretty crappy for tarnishing VIA's reputation

peroni · Jun 22, 2002, 07:20 AM

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Originally posted by dallasstar
I feel like the only person that's never bought a via before

You're not alone my friend, you're not alone

Spdklls 2.0 · Jun 22, 2002, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by UberLord
Seems like Creative fixed a few issues with the Audigy - shame about the 30meg download + u NEED the packing CD.

I can't believe the download asks for the CD - ffs it only works on creative hardware so why does it need the CD?

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH - (sorry - morning rant)

Where can I get this update, and what is for? I just searched creative's site and can't find any drivers that are 30 megs.

Alan Allen · Jun 22, 2002, 09:29 PM

Well, I'm happy with the VIA 686B Southbridge on my GA-7DXR

HsuGotaQ · Jun 23, 2002, 03:46 PM

hmmm... VIA and I are on a so-so relationship. They make great, affordable and sometimes even amazing gear, but just like ATI was a few months back, their driver support stinks (under XP that is). I've got two rigs at home both using VIA chipsets and the XP default drivers are 10 times stabler, faster and better than VIA's 4-in-1. I'd at least expect via to make drivers comparable to Intel's. Aside from this issue, I like the VIA community alot (thank god that George Breese exists!).

Jun 21, 2002, 05:59 AM	#1
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	I Like VIA No, really. You know that feeling you get when you buy a NVDA card and you know exactly where to get the Det's? You know they're good. You know that they'll make the card run smoother. You're confident. It feels good. I feel the same about VIA. I know exactly where to get the 4-in-1's. I know they're released often. I know they're good, and I know they'll make my system run smooth. It just feels good to be able to put 4-in-1's on a new box. Yeah, you heard me.

Jun 21, 2002, 06:20 AM	#2
Doomtrooper Driverheaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 206 Rep Power: 0	Via makes great chipsets, never had any issues with them besides the SBlive, Kt 133a fiasco which IMO is Creative's fault with poor bus mastering. __________________ "It's time to kick A$$ and chew bubble gum....and I'm all out of gum." Duke Nukem November 1996

Jun 22, 2002, 03:26 AM	#6
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	I feel like the only person that's never bought a via before __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Jun 22, 2002, 03:35 AM	#7
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	VIA = pretty damn good Creative = pretty crappy for tarnishing VIA's reputation __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Jun 22, 2002, 09:29 PM	#10
Alan Allen The "Eye" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 286 Rep Power: 0	Well, I'm happy with the VIA 686B Southbridge on my GA-7DXR __________________ [COLOR=lightblue] [SIZE=small]Alan Edward Allen[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=xsmall] [COLOR=yellow]AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4Ghz 266fsb (AIR COOLED MC-462A), Gigabyte GA-7DXR - Microsoft Windows Me Micron 512Meg PC2100 DDR 16-8-8-2-6-2-2 @ 2.7v, IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40Gb (x2), Setup as RAID 0 ASUS V8200 Deluxe GeForce3 - nVidia 40.71's [/SIZE] [/COLOR]

Jun 22, 2002, 03:25 AM	#5
Impulse l33t Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	[SIZE=x-small]I can't wait for the KT400 chipset ...[/SIZE]

Jun 23, 2002, 03:46 PM	#11
HsuGotaQ Hydrogenated Dumbass Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canuckland Posts: 755 Rep Power: 0	hmmm... VIA and I are on a so-so relationship. They make great, affordable and sometimes even amazing gear, but just like ATI was a few months back, their driver support stinks (under XP that is). I've got two rigs at home both using VIA chipsets and the XP default drivers are 10 times stabler, faster and better than VIA's 4-in-1. I'd at least expect via to make drivers comparable to Intel's. Aside from this issue, I like the VIA community alot (thank god that George Breese exists!).