AMD vs Intel [Was:Re:OT: PIII vs Celeron]

[Evan Leibovitch]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> Pretty much if you get an intel chipset board from Asus, it shold be
> good and work with any intel CPU (that the chipset supports).  If you go
> with an nvidia chipset it should also be quite good, although more
> expensive and usually aimed at the SLI crowd.
>
> For AMD, pretty much nvidia is the only chipset worth looking at,
> although I have used some via boards with success too, all from Asus of
> course (I haven't personally bought any non asus boards for about 15
> years now, and I have no intension of changing that).
>   
I know a few shops that had bought a lot of Asus. Many have switched, at
least partially, to Intel-branded motherboards. There was a feeling (at
least pre-EeePC) that Intel was more Linux-friendly than Asus, and that
Intel could be reasonably trusted to not sell crap. At least you always
know whose chipsets are being used. ;-)

http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboard/index.htm

- Evan

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