Best Motherboard--- for video

[The Maynard]

I had two 256 pc133 sticks in for a few months before I upgraded to ddr. I didnt have any problems. I have NEVER had one issue with that board. I love it. It looks cool, it's very suitable for heavy usage. Works well with high end gaming and video editing stuff here. Other boards are probably faster and I am going to check out some new ones soon. Just to experiment. But I'm the kinda guy where, if I find something I like that works good for me, that is what I use to build everyone elses systems.

[crahak]

I had seen this thread for a long time, but never dared reading it. VIA chipsets are really bad, I had a KT133, and gave the thing away. Never problems since then. I'm never buying VIA again. Even with the latest 4in1 and the pci latency patch, it never was really right.

As fas as teh ECS K7S5A goes, it's a great mobo for the money, but to say it's perfect? At all. Don't get stuck with the wrong DDR sticks, or you'll be figuring what I mean by "470 ohm fix". (google goes a long way, you'll see). Have two of these mobos with the resistor, and they're uncrashable. By far better than anything else I've seen so far (after the fix).

[THE RIPPER]

The epox 8rda board is the best amd board for the money,you can get.

http://direct.mwave.com/mwave/ViewBag.hmx?UID=XX-8811210&CID=&UpDepts=MB&DName=%3Cb%3E...OARD-EPOX.hmx?

[Will Hay]

Don't get stuck with the wrong DDR sticks, or you'll be figuring what I mean by "470 ohm fix".

What memory do you recommend/advise avoiding?
I'm thinking of upgrading my PC133.
Thanks,
Will

[vcdfreak]

This board siad to have a feature called "Enhance PCI Performance" which claims to have the VIA latency problem solved:

http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/motherboards/abit/KD7-G/3.htm

Not sure how reliable this is:



"A welcome addition for SCSI and RAID users is the option for "Enhance PCI Performance" The VIA PFD file isn't needed anymore with this enabled since leaving this enabled solves the infamous VIA latency issues with high-speed transfer rates when using SCSI or RAID. VIA V-Link 8X support is also displayed here."

[gf]

Hi vcdfreak,
I think Via has opened the bandwidth between the North & South bridges to 533MB/s , while Sis chipsets have 1.2GB/s , and Nvidia has 800MB/s.
So by sheer bandwidth from pci to cpu/ram/agp the winners would be Sis, Nvidia, and last is Via.

[downer]

Wow, what a great thread.
I was wondering if anyone is using Intel chipsets and what they thought of the Intel processors in general?

Do most people use AMD because they are cheaper and provide the same if not better performance? It seems that you don't hear any problems with Intel chipset motherboards, like the PCI latency problem with VIA, etc.

Thanks

[vcdforme]

Downer

Can't speak for others, I have both Intel and AMD systems.
I prefer AMD for performance.
I also think they're a little less
slimy.


From Geek.com:
Now it turns out that
Intel has a dirty secret of their own. Their i850 and i860 RDRAM
chipsets get stuck at 90 MB/second PCI throughput, limiting drive
burst rates to 80 MB/second. That's quite mediocre.

[pharlap]

Some forum, this is a real bitch I see about via motherboards and the reckless regard in the way members are trying to overcome some bloody simple problems as the old saying goes "you get what you pay for".
the question asked what was the best setup for capturing video
1. buy a decent box
2.have enough brains to read the manual and see how the pci bus is shared eith other IRQ's
3. don't fill every stinking extra slot with a card that supposedly has extra features that you won't use after all you are trying to make a video editing machine
4.when you install XP or Win 98 turn off plug and play in bios leave ACPI turned on let the operating system handle sharing
5.have a look at my ELCHEAPO equipment I use ,no problems at all capturing real timevideo the main thing is getting balance with cheap components