Subject: use search for usb-428 and via chipsets
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--->i am planning to upgrade my current system(cel 466) to an athlon 1ghz with a-bit k7 raid motherboard, further i am gonna buy the tascam us-428 for a vst/pulsar controller, but its a usb controller, so i hope it wont affect pci performance.....does anyone have any experience with the tascam us-428 and pulsar?
jacob <---
wow. both things you want to do are some critical... Lotuz once posted here that he has extreme difficulties with running the us-428 together with pulsar. the usb-controller is connected via the pci-bbus to the system. and the mobo you want to buy uses the via kt133 chipset, from which creamware says that it has problems with pci-performance.
and you hope it won´t affect pci-performance ...?
which chipset is on your current motherboard? if it´s intel (LX or BX or similar slot1-chipset), you can upgrade with a celeron cpu (up to 800mhz i think).
if you want to change to an amd-cpu (no question why...
, the only way not to buy via chipsets for actual amd-processors is an irongate-board (amd750) with socket a. the only one i know is from gigabyte, the 7IXE4. or you spent some more money and get one of the new 760-boards from asus, gigabyte, or msi (around 250€), but they need the new ddr-sdram modules (also around 250€ for 128mb...).
i always used intel-system for making music, but it´s very very sad to watch the prices for the ghz-cpu´s fall and fall - just not for intel´s...
my decision since then: intel only for music. next month i´ll buy a duron for all the other stuff...