I think your leaning towards the FIC yourself. Your reasoning is good, brand or
no brand. Ever since they did away with the HX chipset I've been using VIA
chipset based boards and don't have any complaints. Actually I find their Bus
Master drivers more user friendly compared to Intels.With RAM as cheap as it is
lately one other thing to consider is the amount or RAM you have or will
eventually have. The TX will not cache above 64MB and I'm pretty certain the
580VP can cache a lot more, probably 256MB or even 512MB, but you'll have to
find out.

HTH

Jose


Gonzo wrote:

> I have a very small NT server that is currently running a P200mmx CPU on a
> mainboard with a TX chipset. I just came into possession of another
> mainboard with the VIA Apollo 580VP chipset from a computer they wanted to
> get rid of at work. I don't know much about non-Intel chipsets. My question
> is which board would be better for this small NT server. Both boards have
> 512k of pipeline burst cache and support the CPU in question. I know this
> VIA chipset is older than the TX, but that doesn't really mean anything.
> Look at the HX compared to the TX. Oh, one other thing, the TX board is
> seemingly brandless. I'm still trying to find its manufacturer. The VIA
> board is an FIC board which does mean I can get pretty good support. Any
> opinions on which of the two boards to use? It's a very small server. Only 4
> or 5 users are ever logged on at anytime.
>
> TIA
>
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> Adam Gonsman
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