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To: Petz who wrote (75571)	10/15/1999 12:08:00 AM
From: kash johal	Respond to of 1572746

Petz and thread, Interesting post at anands regarding camino and via: I wonder if he's talking about VC SDRAM or maybe PC166??? Update for the night 10/13 04:29 PM - Anand Lal Shimpi I've been swamped with work so I haven't been able to drop on by and give you all an update as to what's going on around here. I have quite a few tests this week which is why Mike is covering the scene with a bunch of video card stuff (with the exception of the GeForce, I get first dibs at cool stuff of course :)...). Right now I'm working on Monday's review which will be a comparison between the Intel 820 and the VIA Apollo Pro 133A (AGP4X support). The Apollo Pro 133A is being benchmarked with SDRAM and another type of SDRAM as well (no, not DDR but close, think less vaporware). The initial benchmarks are indicating that Intel finally has good competition from a VIA chipset in terms of performance across the board (including in games). What am I talking about? The 5 - 10% loss in gaming performance doesn't seem to be present with this chipset, why? Well, you'll just have to wait until Monday for that. At the same time, Intel is pushing for the release of the i820 in 1999. This is good news but then again, we didn't expect to have to wait for the i820 in 2000 now did we? If VIA can pull through with the Apollo Pro 133A (denoted by the 82C694X North Bridge) and this other (I'm going crazy with the HTML tags tonight) type of SDRAM then Intel may have quite a bit of competition on their hands. I have much more to talk about but very little I can talk about so I'll just get back to work for now ;) The Part 2 of my GeForce 256 review will go up late next week as well, so that and the chipset head to head from above are two things you can look forward to for next week. For now, it's back to work, I just thought I'd give you all a quick heads up. And BTW...contrary to what may be floating around, I'm not dead at all :) Check out the new forums if you're wondering what I'm talking about. Take care and have a good night.

To: Petz who wrote (75571)	10/15/1999 12:42:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572746

Petz, <If AMD truly made more Athlon's than expected, why wouldn't MSI just say so rather than lie and blame their biggest customer?> Because Intel is also an easy target. And it doesn't matter whether MSI is lying or telling the truth. They're still risking their relationship with their "biggest customer." By the way, how come AMD themselves hasn't come out and shouted about conspiracy theories? You'd think they'd would the minute they find any substance to these accusations. I'm sorry, but I have a real tough time believing that Intel would be that dumb and arrogant to pull a blatant "Microsoft" on a motherboard maker. I've just about had it with these conspiracy theories, perpetuated by some radical AMD fans. Tenchusatsu