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From: venkat@infinet.com (Venkat)
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Triton vs. SiS Pentium chipsets
Date: 16 Jan 1996 23:34:13 -0500
Organization: VCC Systems
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References: <MICHAELV.96Jan15233000@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>
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In article <MICHAELV.96Jan15233000@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>,
Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote:
>Seeking insight on this since I'm going to be spending my money on one
>of these boards in the near future.
>
>What exactly are the differences between the Triton and SiS
>Pentium-class chipsets?  Does the SiS have any disadvantages versus
>the Triton?  Does the SiS demand special hardware (cache, RAM, etc.)
>that the Triton doesn't?  Which performs better?
>


This has not been widely circulated as yet.

But ASUS has held back shipments of the P55SP4 (SIS chipset) due to certain
errors in it. A New fixed revision is expected shortly. (so watch out for
older revisons)

In light of above the P55TP4Xe is the Better choice. (XEG is a stripped down
version, without InfraRed Support)


>I assume the Cyrix M1 and AMD K5 only work on the SiS chipsets?  Has
>anyone actually tried either one of these CPUs on a multi-tasking OS
>yet (Windows NT or any Unix)?


AMD K5 program has been aborted since the AMD-NexGen merger.
Only the Nx6x86 is under joint devlopement.

Cyrix M1 works fine on the TRITON chipset MB (ECS Ts54P-AIO. Specs on WEB 
pages Below)

>
>Thanks for the info...
>
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>  Michael L. VanLoon                                 michaelv@HeadCandy.com
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>                           DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
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