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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (52626)	8/27/2001 3:54:17 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

RE:"I am told the motherboard that Anand used, the ECS K7S5A, uses the SiS 735, which is supposed to offer a good amount of performance over the Gigabyte GA-7DX used by Tech Report (includes AMD760 Northbridge and VIA Southbridge), and the MSI MS-6341 (also AMD760) used by Tom's Hardware. Different motherboards using the same chipset can vary as much as 5%, I've found. But using a completely new chipset can explain why Anand was getting some very favorable scores for the Athlon." And you can buy that ECS motherboard for $60 too...which says a lot about the SIS 735. Add a 1.4 Ghz T-bird, HS and fan for a total of $175 plus shipping. Now that's hard to beat. OTOH, most of us are waiting for the nForce board....which is going to make any P4-SDRAM or even RDRAM offerings look like a limp chicken neck. Especially on price performance. BTW I saw someone advertising a P4 mobo with the via DDR chipset. I guess VIA wants to be sued. lol Jim