Via C3 Processor

[sk00basteve]

Has anyone ever heard of the VIA C3 processor?
I came across a really interesting machine with a Via C3 processor and BIOS DVD and audio CD playback support. the ability to play cd's and dvd's without having to boot and OS!!

http://www.idot.com/TheStore/Desktop/770Spec.asp?Product.id=770&Cate.id=19

machine come pre-installed with lindows and is super cheep. any possiblity of getting tom to review one of these boxes?

 

[Teq]

Check out VIA's CPU page at...

<A HREF="http://www.via.com.tw/en/viac3/c3.jsp" target="_new">http://www.via.com.tw/en/viac3/c3.jsp</A>

They even did a reply to the THG video about "what happens when I take off the heatsink"... It's great comedy.



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[sk00basteve]

I wunder why tom never reveiwed any of them.

 

[Grub]

Actually when the C3 hit 1 Ghz THG did an article pointing to all the good things about the processor. Here's the link....<A HREF="http://www17.tomshardware.com/cpu/20020605/index.html" target="_new">http://www17.tomshardware.com/cpu/20020605/index.html</A>


Let's all settle our political differences with a LAN.

 

[Teq]

Hi Grub,
Thanks for the link... Interesting article.


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[Crashman]

The C3 sux. Even the latest version sux. This is a processor originally designed by Cyrix, maker of the world's worst processors, and later developed by VIA, the maker of the world's worst chipsets. Why not just go buy an AMD K6-2 500 and be done with it?

<font color=blue>Watts mean squat if you don't have quality!</font color=blue>

 

[Crashman]

Oh, BTW, idot is a manufacture of eMachines clones. I used to sell idot computers to people too stupid to understand quality.

<font color=blue>Watts mean squat if you don't have quality!</font color=blue>

 

[Spitfire_x86]

Where's C3 "Nehemiah" review?

<b> "You can put lipstick on a pig, but hey, it's still a pig!" - RobD </b>

 

[Crashman]

Sorry, I'm not in the habit of looking up links.

<font color=blue>Watts mean squat if you don't have quality!</font color=blue>

 

[alltaken]

ok a low power CPU

is a bloody good idea!!!!!!!!!!!!

i come froma family that trys to conserve power so to me its a great sight to see a CPU that only outputs 12watts of heat rather than 75watts like mine is doing now!!!!

p.s. my computer is soooooooo noisy that i go deaf near it so having a quiet C3 in my system would be nice

 

[skligmund]

get a water cooling system, with a 120MM radiator fan (instead of 80MM's), that will quiet things down a bit.

My Duron 1300 eats P4's for dinner. Oh, the Celerons make a nice snack too.

 

[Crashman]

You could get a Celeron 300A and run it at 450MHz, it would consume about the same power and have about the same performance. You could in fact get a whole system, used, for about the price of that motherboard. Or simply underclock at PIII Tualatin to 100MHz bus, it would probably still have twice the performance, and around the same heat output. Or underclock an Athlon.

<font color=blue>Watts mean squat if you don't have quality!</font color=blue>

 

[sk00basteve]

actually i'm not in it for the processor, I am interested in the BIOS supported DVD and CD playback, i think it's a sweet idea to be able to play a DVD or CD in a machine without having to load an OS.

 

[ad_rach]

But then, surely you get to a point where a bios is not a bios but an os?

no matter how hard you try, you can't polish a turd. :]

 

[HolyGrenade]

CD playback is easy. You just plug in the power and speakers to the sound out connections. DVD playback would be cool.

I like the C3 Processor. even the eden mini-itx platform. Great email server and round the clock eDonkey and Kazaa machine. Even as a media server for the living room.

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and a guy brings a grenade through Gatwick...</font color=red></b>

 

[skligmund]

It definiently has its place in the world. But it wouldn't be in the gaming or hardcore multimedia sector.

Water cooling is for the weak. Get liquid nitrogen.

 

[HolyGrenade]

I don't think ViA ever aimed for that sector.

<b><font color=red>We put a ring of tanks around Heathrow,
and a guy brings a grenade through Gatwick...</font color=red></b>

 

[jihiggs]

man, a fully self sufficient box capable of playback of dvds and cds, man why didnt any one think of that before? if they had surely you could find such a device for 60 bucks anywhere.

my computer is so fast, it completes an endless loop in less than 4 seconds!

 

[MeTaLrOcKeR]

Umm....they do....where've you been ??

Its called a DVD Player....LoL

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[skligmund]

I have a hunch that it was a joke, I mean, even us iglooers in Alaska have DVD players

Water cooling is for the weak. Get liquid nitrogen.

 

[MeTaLrOcKeR]

LoL....i aswell hope its just a joke..heh.....i mean a DVD player even comes with a remote and im sure its around $60..LoL

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[jihiggs]

yes it is a joke, i thought it was pretty obvious, i guess not.

my computer is so fast, it completes an endless loop in less than 4 seconds!