Petz, I'm somewhat suspicious of Via as a supplier at any rate. Their Apollo Pro 133 is lame relative to the overclocked BX, just as the Apollo Pro was lame relative to the BX. Of course, all Intel's current faves are lame relative to the BX too, it's a strange world. Then, there's the odd situation of Intel suing the, er, heck out of Via. Solano may be better, but it's low end.
I hope AMD can pull off the 760 soon, I recall the 750? with "super bypass", whatever that is, being almost equal to the KX133.
Cheers, Dan
P.S. an oddity I noticed at realworldtech.com
With shipments still being somewhat limited, the issue is whether the prices can drop sufficiently to grab any significant market share by the time DDR is expected to debut late in Q3. According to a Samsung spokesperson, Dell made a firm commitment in October 1999, right after the i820 chipset had been 'recalled' for the second time. They used this situation to secure exceptionally good pricing, and guaranteed availability. Currently, Dell gets about 70% of all Samsung production, and at a price nearly 50% less than anyone else does. This means there is very little product left for other OEMs, and other manufacturers are simply not rushing in to 'fill the void'.
That Mikey ain't so dumb, maybe. |
