Is the new ALi chipset any good?

[Ron_Jeremy]

Looking to buy an Athlon for a while now, but after much thought I decided not to accept anything with a VIA chipset.

I noticed Iwill's new XP333/R equipped with ALi's new chipset (north & south bridges). Is this the only board featuring this chipset so far? Anyone planning on buying one? If so, what led you to your purchasing decision?

Cheers,

Ron_Jeremy

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[girish]

ALi chipset for Athlon, do you mean the Magik1?

Thats hell of a good chipset, and it comes in the Asus A7A266 board. Now they have revised it to rev C which is supposed to perform at par with the VIA KT266A! But I gues we woould have to wait until we get a ALi Magik1 rev C chipset board.

girish

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[Ron_Jeremy]

Yeah, the Rev.C board is the one I am interested in.

Cheers,

Ron_Jeremy

If you loan a friend $20 & never see them again, it was worth it.

 

[girish]

But we have to wait for it for a while. If the board yoou said really has the same chip, its great. Too bad those arent available in India. Anyway, I would prefer to wait for a Asus A7A266, I already have one.

BTW ALi chipsets still use PCI bus for interlink, everybody else has develoed a proprietory faster links.

girish

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