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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux..misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!stephenk From: stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans) Subject: Re: Triton II/III Motherboards Message-ID: <stephenkE0BKEw.5Bp@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <55e8q1$3f3@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <stephenkE095KA.KA4@netcom.com> <327D1F8C.2D7B51C0@lambert.org> Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 00:08:56 GMT Lines: 45 Sender: stephenk@netcom21.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:30543 comp.os.linux.hardware:55373 comp.os.linux.setup:81013 In article <327D1F8C.2D7B51C0@lambert.org> Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes: >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. As I have stated, not everyone defines it the same way. Thus, such a term is WORTHLESS! > > >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 >--- >Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present >or previous employers.