VIA Attacks NVIDIA nForce

Zardon · Jan 7, 2003, 07:56 PM

INpact-Hardware has a interview posted online with VIA's marketing director.

"INpact-Hardware : You have quite a tumultuous reputation on the chipset market. How do you react to this judgment ? Do you think VIA deserves this reputation ?

R. B. : It’s a fair comment. VIA has been the driving force behind advances in Chipset technology for the past 4 years. Competing for technology leadership against the dominant company in an industry will always create headlines. We were the only company in a position to make PC133 happen when Intel rejected it in favour of Rambus.

We executed well on PC133 with strong support from the DRAM industry and then drove the adoption of DDR to take performance to the next level. There is no question now that our judgement was correct and the adoption of PC133 and DDR has given end users around the world better PC systems at lower prices."

Read the whole interview at inpact-hardware

Necrosis · Jan 7, 2003, 11:13 PM

Want to know what I think?

If you are one of the schmucks like me who bought the KT400 without knowing any better I think people like I deserve some type of trade in program. In the car industry when something like this happens it's called a recall folks.

Via stick it up your ASSa

lewdvig · Jan 8, 2003, 01:27 AM

Put your money where your mouth is. No one cares about the Apollo KT133. VIA's best ideas came through acquisition.

lewdvig · Jan 8, 2003, 01:31 AM

Please, a 24/96 onboard audio chip is innovation? The Envy tech has been sitting around for quite a while as VIA tried to figure out what to do with it. Its not even a DSP.

lewdvig · Jan 8, 2003, 01:33 AM

You read it here first.

Rayder · Jan 8, 2003, 12:42 PM

Doh!! We've been using VIA chipset boards here with great success and stability for years. I don't understand why everyone hates it so much.

So-Unreal · Jan 9, 2003, 03:59 PM

Cause they 100% always come out with a "fix" chipset on the AMD side. And that is BS but ppl buy anyway. Why not just do stuff right the first time around you would sell more that way(I think).

Jan 7, 2003, 07:56 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	VIA Attacks NVIDIA nForce INpact-Hardware has a interview posted online with VIA's marketing director. "INpact-Hardware : You have quite a tumultuous reputation on the chipset market. How do you react to this judgment ? Do you think VIA deserves this reputation ? R. B. : It’s a fair comment. VIA has been the driving force behind advances in Chipset technology for the past 4 years. Competing for technology leadership against the dominant company in an industry will always create headlines. We were the only company in a position to make PC133 happen when Intel rejected it in favour of Rambus. We executed well on PC133 with strong support from the DRAM industry and then drove the adoption of DDR to take performance to the next level. There is no question now that our judgement was correct and the adoption of PC133 and DDR has given end users around the world better PC systems at lower prices." Read the whole interview at inpact-hardware

Jan 8, 2003, 01:27 AM	#3
lewdvig DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 65 Rep Power: 0	I don't like VIA and I don't like Richard Brown Put your money where your mouth is. No one cares about the Apollo KT133. VIA's best ideas came through acquisition. __________________ Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice E6 325*8), ASUS A8R-MVP, Thermalright XP90, 2x512 Generic DDR400 (TCC5 2T, 432 MHz), ATI AIW X1900, WinXP, WD 200GB + 250GB 7200RPM HDDs, BenQ 1655, Creative Audigy, 3DMark05: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1976148[color=#0000ff] [/color] Acer Ferrari 4005WLMI, Turion MT37, ATI Mobility X700 128 MB 3DMark03: [color=#0000ff]http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4327648[/color]

Jan 8, 2003, 01:31 AM	#4
lewdvig DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 65 Rep Power: 0	Still on about that Ensemble part? Please, a 24/96 onboard audio chip is innovation? The Envy tech has been sitting around for quite a while as VIA tried to figure out what to do with it. Its not even a DSP. __________________ Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice E6 325*8), ASUS A8R-MVP, Thermalright XP90, 2x512 Generic DDR400 (TCC5 2T, 432 MHz), ATI AIW X1900, WinXP, WD 200GB + 250GB 7200RPM HDDs, BenQ 1655, Creative Audigy, 3DMark05: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1976148[color=#0000ff] [/color] Acer Ferrari 4005WLMI, Turion MT37, ATI Mobility X700 128 MB 3DMark03: [color=#0000ff]http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4327648[/color]

Jan 8, 2003, 01:33 AM	#5
lewdvig DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 65 Rep Power: 0	VIA = prime candidate for deathwatch You read it here first. __________________ Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice E6 325*8), ASUS A8R-MVP, Thermalright XP90, 2x512 Generic DDR400 (TCC5 2T, 432 MHz), ATI AIW X1900, WinXP, WD 200GB + 250GB 7200RPM HDDs, BenQ 1655, Creative Audigy, 3DMark05: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1976148[color=#0000ff] [/color] Acer Ferrari 4005WLMI, Turion MT37, ATI Mobility X700 128 MB 3DMark03: [color=#0000ff]http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4327648[/color]

Jan 7, 2003, 11:13 PM	#2
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Want to know what I think? If you are one of the schmucks like me who bought the KT400 without knowing any better I think people like I deserve some type of trade in program. In the car industry when something like this happens it's called a recall folks. Via stick it up your ASSa

Jan 8, 2003, 12:42 PM	#6
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	Doh!! We've been using VIA chipset boards here with great success and stability for years. I don't understand why everyone hates it so much.

Jan 9, 2003, 03:59 PM	#7
So-Unreal DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 56 Rep Power: 0	Cause they 100% always come out with a "fix" chipset on the AMD side. And that is BS but ppl buy anyway. Why not just do stuff right the first time around you would sell more that way(I think).