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From: stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans)
Subject: Re: Triton II/III Motherboards
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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 00:08:56 GMT
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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.