Anybody using a Via KT880 chipset?

iBertus · 2005-02-25 07:41:45

I'm looking to build my girlfriend a cheap Socket A system (I already have lots of spare DDR memory and Athlon XP CPUs) and was looking at a Via KT880 motherboard. Does anyone have experience with this sort of board? Pros & Cons?

johnisevil · 2005-02-26 00:07:51

I recommend the ASUS A7V880. This was the last K7 based board I used before upgrading to an Athlon 64 3000 and it worked without problems.

iBertus · 2005-02-26 04:31:54

Well, I broke down a bought a MSI KT880 Delta-LSR on a really good deal.

iBertus · 2005-02-26 06:43:40

I just noticed that the onboard audio on this board is Via 8237. Does alsa support this chip? I haven't been able to locate any information about it.

iBertus · 2005-03-21 18:18:30

Just an update:

I've been using this chipset now for a few weeks and have to say that it's much better IMHO than nForce2 in terms of linux support. The newer kernels have great support for even the gigabit ethernet connectivity and sound. The snd-via82xx module seems much more feature complete than the snd-intel8x0 you're forced to use with nForce2 if you want ALSA. The Via module also seems to support hardware accelerated mixing on this platform where the intel8x0 driver didn't support hardware mixing (because nVidia would not cooperate with technical details) at all.

So, I have considered this an upgrade.

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#1 2005-02-25 07:41:45

Anybody using a Via KT880 chipset?

#2 2005-02-26 00:07:51

Re: Anybody using a Via KT880 chipset?

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#4 2005-02-26 06:43:40

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#5 2005-03-21 18:18:30

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