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Mark Booth wrote:
> 
> In article <344F6CE9.446B@demon.net>, Harry Broomhall <haeb@demon.net>
> writes
> >   This also means that those who want a PC with more than 64Mb
> >memory, or twin processors (the main reasons for buying HX) will
> >now have to look at the Pentium II boards.
> 
> Anyone would think that *only Intel* made chipsets!
> 
> There are better Socket 7 chipsets out there than the crippled chipsets
> that Intel produce. The AMD640 chipset, the Via VP2 and VP3 chipsets.
> 
> AMD640 and VP2 (essentialy the same silicon) support 2Mb of cache and is
> not restricted to 64Mb cachability, as well as all of the TX's features.
> VP3 also supports AGP etc. Both should be faster than their Intel
> competitors.
>
   I was aware of some of these chipsets.  The basic problem is that
motherboards with them have been somwhat rare.  I normaly try and
buy from the mainstream - and so far haven't regretted that policy.
 
> Check out:
> 
>         http://sysdoc.pair.com/
> 
> for 'Toms Hardware Guide', if you want to know more about this stuff.
> 
 
   An excelent site, which I visit fairly often.  Sadly Tom seems
to be having difficulty keeping it uptodate.  The chipset page
is now desparately in need of updateing.

   Regards,
      Harry.