Soyo K7V Dragon - Does it suffer the curse of VIA?

[DOOM]

I've seen a few posts praising the Soyo Dragon. Its specs look pretty good. But I noticed that it's built on the VIA chipset. Does the Dragon display any of the problems typically attributed to VIA? For example, problems with sound, AGP multipliers, 4-in-1 drivers, etc...

Does it have any problems with any of the onboard components, like sound, LAN, RAID, etc.?

Just curious.



-DOOM
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[Boondock_Saint]

I have not seen the specs on it, but if it's got the Via 686B southbridge, expect a few glitches, although nowhere near as great as many people emphasize. I have a board equipped with it (Asus A7M266) and have had no problems whatsoever.

 

[Guest]

I heard that the only bug it shows, is a problem with the USB ports when oc'd, causing lockups when devices are plugged in. Resetting to a normal FSB seems to fix this. I think the target was 133mhz and below. Other than that it's gotten rave reviews.

 

[njeske]

The K7V Dragon uses the new VIA8233 South Bridge that, in theory, does not have the same compatibility issues as the 686b did.


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