Originally Posted By: Bobert
I have an old Abit board with an integrated Highpoint controller, and the Highpoint controller is extremely flaky. I won't put any disks on it because of problems with corruption. The standard IDE controller is fine, but Highpoint is complete c r a p. Needless to say I would never buy any board that had Highpoint ever again.
I 2nd that. If you absolutely have to add an aftermarket card, "Promise" is much better.
Still, the best controller is integrated with chipset (Intel and Nvidia) and non-raid. Intel used to have some compatibility with their SATA southbridge but their political force in the SATA lobby strong armed everyone else to make it the "standard".
In compatibility, it pays to be the biggest guy on the block.