what is recommended for a dual 800MHz Intel slot-1 motherboard?
...esp. if I don't want to buy rambus memory--it's WAAAY to expensive for its
returns.

i am looking for stability, plus reliability/longevity.

also, is there a significant performance increase using the 133MHz memory
speed? that would indicate that the VIA 133A chipset is a better idea (is uses
PC133 ram, unlike the i820/840 chipsets, which require rambus).

Checking anandtech, it seems the opposite is true; for tests across different
processors, the 440BX beats-out the VIA 133A chipset, at least for single
slot-1 configurations (?!!) ...for example, check out the intel 1gigHz review
at: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1191&p=10


does anybody have any hands-on experience w/ this?


the choices are:

440BX chipset:
Tyan S1837UANG Thunderbolt GX Dual Slot-1
Epox BXB-S BX Dual Processor Slot-1
asus p2b-d
Tekram P6B40D-A4 , SS7

...or VIA 133A chipset:
S1834 Tiger


TIA! daVe

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