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Originally Posted By: 92saturnsl2
Intel, on the other hand, had its own chipset with variations that correlated to a certain market segment-- entry level, midrange, performance and server. Choosing one was as simple as deciding which features you wanted and how much you had to spend, but you always knew what you were getting, and with very few exceptions, were always rock solid.
There's no question that factored into an OEM's decision to offer Intel's CPUs. After a time, Nvidia became the de facto AMD chipset, until AMD began releasing their own on a large scale. Things were always simpler on the AMD side since then, for better or worse...
I was in the same boat. Made decisions pretty easy. I had both a Slot A with an AMD 760-series chipset (which was rock solid) and a Slot 1 P3 on a 440BX. Both top of the desktop line at the time. Both boards were ABIT, a brand that had a pretty dramatic fall from grace. I'm sure you remember them too
Yes, I recall NVidia really being the "go to" for anything that wasn't a major low budget build, in which case VIA, SiS and ALI were on the menu. But even the NVidia chipsets had their own share of issues. Remember the entire absence of storage controller drivers? Having to use the "generic" windows ones? LOL! Then AMD bought ATI and started pumping out their own complete chipset solutions again for the desktop, laptop and workstation market. It seems to have worked out well IMHO as it filled that hole that was missing
Intel, on the other hand, had its own chipset with variations that correlated to a certain market segment-- entry level, midrange, performance and server. Choosing one was as simple as deciding which features you wanted and how much you had to spend, but you always knew what you were getting, and with very few exceptions, were always rock solid.
There's no question that factored into an OEM's decision to offer Intel's CPUs. After a time, Nvidia became the de facto AMD chipset, until AMD began releasing their own on a large scale. Things were always simpler on the AMD side since then, for better or worse...
I was in the same boat. Made decisions pretty easy. I had both a Slot A with an AMD 760-series chipset (which was rock solid) and a Slot 1 P3 on a 440BX. Both top of the desktop line at the time. Both boards were ABIT, a brand that had a pretty dramatic fall from grace. I'm sure you remember them too
Yes, I recall NVidia really being the "go to" for anything that wasn't a major low budget build, in which case VIA, SiS and ALI were on the menu. But even the NVidia chipsets had their own share of issues. Remember the entire absence of storage controller drivers? Having to use the "generic" windows ones? LOL! Then AMD bought ATI and started pumping out their own complete chipset solutions again for the desktop, laptop and workstation market. It seems to have worked out well IMHO as it filled that hole that was missing