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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux..misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Triton II/III Motherboards
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 15:41:16 -0700
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Stephen Knilans wrote:
] He's right! There IS no triton III! The market name is
] TRITONII! The OFFICIAL name is 430HX or 430VX! SOME have
] decided to name one Triton III, and you really DON'T KNOW
] which! Go ahead, and buy the Triton III without asking.
] You'll PROBABLY get the VX, but MAY get the HX!
TRITON
TRITON II 430HX
TRITON III 430VX
Intel does not make this disctinction because they don't want
end users being selective about which hardware they get. While
it's true that the "TRITON III" name is one that was not assigned
by Intel *everyone* other than Intel uses the name to refer to
the VX chipset.
Typically, the VX chipset is undesirable. It is useful if you
are placing your video memory on your motherboard, and want to
sacrifice an I/O cycle to regular memory to get high bandwidth
to what is, effectively, a write-only frame buffer.
This is probably useful if you are running games on a system without
a real OS (for instance, if you are using DOS).
If this is your intended usage, you'd probably be better served
buying a Nintendo Ultra 64. They are cheaper and faster game
consoles than the majority of Intel boxes.
Regards,
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.