New Asus Mainboard

groovemaker · Post by **groovemaker** » Tue Jul 24, 2001 2:41 pm

I had the same problem with this PCI Overflow
shit. I had the Via kt133a chipset. I changed it to the new Asus board A7A with the ALI chipset. It's working fine now. No PCI Overflow. Check it out!

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Tue Jul 24, 2001 2:45 pm

ALi MAGiK and VIA KT266 do work okay. But the AMD760/AMD761 out perform them both and is more reliable.

groovemaker · Post by **groovemaker** » Tue Jul 24, 2001 2:51 pm

I think they are the same. And the AMD is much more expensive this time. So why is the AMD better? I had no problem with the ALI

Post by **garyb** » Wed Jul 25, 2001 5:13 pm

well the via chipset can be made to work fine too.(i know cause i have one) but if you want BEST performance and least troubles, the intel 815i and amd 760 chipsets seem to be best.

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Wed Jul 25, 2001 6:07 pm

Yeah, it depends on what you want to do, and how much time you plan to dedicate to making your system work. 815 and 760 work pretty much out of the box, no tweaks required except to be mindful of IRQ placement (Creamware cards should probably only share with other Creamware cards).

VIA (not KT266, vlink has improved things, but the chipset is still YOUNG and has the pain associated with that) can work but you will not be able to get as many audio tracks, ASIO channels, STSx000 voices & reverbs into the same project. For me, this means this chipset is unusable.

It really depends on how much you rely on the Creamware DSPs and what you plan on doing with your system. If buying new right now, just pay the extra $20-40 and get the better chipset. It'll leave more options open in the future, less driver hassles (gah.. don't get me started with VIA 4-in-1 problems) and more stability.

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Post by **garyb** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 7:10 pm

yeah, but your machines weren't available then and i didn't know any better.

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 8:05 pm

Well the most important thing is making music in the end anyway, right? Sometimes limitations can nurture creativity. Other times removing limitations can open new portals for your imagination... If you've got a decent P3, then ride it out for a while longer, upgrade once options like nForce, cheaper Dual Processor solutions and the next P4 systems come out, are tested and ready. Luckily, computers are a transient thing... and I hope to keep testing newer machines as they come out for some time to come.

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Wed Aug 01, 2001 7:56 pm

Which intel i815 chip set tho? There's like E,EP and stuff so which of those is better?

Micha · Post by **Micha** » Thu Aug 02, 2001 1:29 am

E marks ability for ATA 100. (=> a MUST!) P marks no audio. So i815 has Audio+ATA66, i815E has Audio+ATA100, i815EP only ATA100 and i815EM is like i815E for Laptops (M=mobile). I use i815EP because my Pulsar IS MUCH BETTER then any AC97 audio imitating noise

Happy pulsaring
Micha