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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 15:33:17 GMT
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In article <chad-0411960748080001@sverige.pengar.com> chad@pengar.com (Chad Leigh) writes:
>In article <stephenkE0BJvu.41F@netcom.com>, stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen
>Knilans) wrote:
>
>> In article <chad-0111960816460001@sverige.pengar.com> chad@pengar.com
>(Chad Leigh) writes:
>> >In article <32798A67.F185C9B@nmaa.org>, "Linh C. Nguyen"
>> ><lnguyen@nmaa.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Larry Snyder wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm curious as to what motherboard would be faster --
>> >> >
>> >> > Triton II with onboard 512 pipeline cache
>> >> >
>> >> > or
>> >> >
>> >> > Triton III with a add-on 512 pipeline cache
>> >> >
>> >> > OS would be Linux/BSD/NT 4.0
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> There is no Triton III in the world.
>> >>
>> >
>> >People call the HX boards Triton II and the VX boards Triton III
>> >
>> >Whether that is correct...
>> >
>> >Chad
>>
>> BZZZT!!!!!! WRONG! They USUALLY call the VX the triton III! The HX is
>> sometimes called triton III!
>>
>
>Sorry to be rude, but get a life dude! Your crusade to stamp out "Triton
>III" is worthless. Almost everyone calls the VX a III. While you may not
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>know what anyone is talking about, everyone else does. I could care less
>on II vs III. I just ordered an HX board because research of others
>opinions who know more indicate it has better performance for most
>things. I didn't care whether it was "Triton II" or whatever. In my
>research however, on the WWW, in computer shopper, etc., I never saw
>someone call the HX a "III," only the "VX." ANd as Mr Lambert said, Intel
>may not make the distinction, but it seems almost everyone else does.
>
Intel doesn't call them triton whatever. To listen to you, NOBODY should post,
as not everyone calls the VX triton III. Hence, suggesting a purchase on that
basis won't change things reliably. Like those 9600bps(or whatever) modems
I spoke about. Heck, I once saw two disk drives, and two tape drives, that
were ABOUT the same price, but one was twice as large. How was I to know
that:
1. compression just came out, and...
2. BOTH were EXACTLY the same but one showed the MAXIMUM size AFTER
compression.
This whole thing is getting crazy. It USED to be that 1GB was 1GB(maybe
real or digital, but still 1GB). NOW, you have to read the fine print
lest you get only 500MB.
Steve