Recommendations for KT333 UP

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I have put together a new computer based on a SY-KT333 Ultra Platinum and it
is performing flawlessly. The specs are:
2600+ AthlonXP 2.13GHz
1 stick 512 Kingston 2700 ValueRam
NVIDIA FX5200 AGP
LiteOn DVD-RW IDE1 Master
LiteOn DVD-Rom IDE2 Master
Mitsumi 7in1 3.5 floppy w/memory card reader (instead of Soyo's Sigma box)
Seagate 80GB hard drive IDE3 Master (Highpoint Controller)
Antec Sonata Case
WindowsXP Pro
I installed the OS and downloaded all available updates except Microsoft's
error notification. I downloaded NVIDIA's newest drivers for my video card.
I updated the Soyo Bios to version 2aa9. I updated the Highpoint 372 driver
to 2.341. I updated the Realtek LAN to 5.611.
I have avoided the VIA updates and I am currently using the native XP
drivers for the VIA chipset. Do any of you believe that the VIA drivers
offer better performance without hurting reliability? I don't have any
prejudice toward the VIA drivers but I would like to hear from you before
"fixing something that is not broken".

Thanks for your advise

 

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I use the newest VIA chipset drivers, no problem ; I see what you
are getting at, but VIA does tweek those drivers and I bet they are
better than the ancient ones on the XP cd ~


R Hallman wrote:

>I have put together a new computer based on a SY-KT333 Ultra Platinum and it
>is performing flawlessly. The specs are:
>2600+ AthlonXP 2.13GHz
>1 stick 512 Kingston 2700 ValueRam
>NVIDIA FX5200 AGP
>LiteOn DVD-RW IDE1 Master
>LiteOn DVD-Rom IDE2 Master
>Mitsumi 7in1 3.5 floppy w/memory card reader (instead of Soyo's Sigma box)
>Seagate 80GB hard drive IDE3 Master (Highpoint Controller)
>Antec Sonata Case
>WindowsXP Pro
>I installed the OS and downloaded all available updates except Microsoft's
>error notification. I downloaded NVIDIA's newest drivers for my video card.
>I updated the Soyo Bios to version 2aa9. I updated the Highpoint 372 driver
>to 2.341. I updated the Realtek LAN to 5.611.
>I have avoided the VIA updates and I am currently using the native XP
>drivers for the VIA chipset. Do any of you believe that the VIA drivers
>offer better performance without hurting reliability? I don't have any
>prejudice toward the VIA drivers but I would like to hear from you before
>"fixing something that is not broken".
>
>Thanks for your advise
>
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