939 board question

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"Joe" <none@charter.net> wrote in message
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>I am more of a software person than a hardware person. I'm going to buy a
>Socket 939 board. I'm going to run Windows 2003 Server and probably have
>some OS running with Vmware.
>
> What's the difference between the nVidia and Via chipsets? Is there any
> reason why I should pick one over the other?
>
Depends on what "other" things you want...

nVidia is a good chipset for gaming.

VIA is a good chipset for stability and RAID.

If you plan in using dual PCI-E SLI Video cards, nVidia is currently ahead
in this market.

For a good, stable work machine that will be doing no gaming, I would opt
for the VIA.

Bobby

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"Mark A" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> "Joe" <none@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:YUGWe.41121$1g2.32133@fe05.lga...
>>I am more of a software person than a hardware person. I'm going to buy a
>>Socket 939 board. I'm going to run Windows 2003 Server and probably have
>>some OS running with Vmware.
>>
>> What's the difference between the nVidia and Via chipsets? Is there any
>> reason why I should pick one over the other?
> If you want to use the on-board Gigabit Ethernet, I would avoid the Via
> boards like the plague.

I've been avoiding via like the plague period since nforce2 came out

nvidia boards are very stable unless you are overclocking the hell out of it
or otherwise stretching the envelope

>
> The Asus A8N-E is a very good and stable board.
>