Best KT333 Motherboard out?

[dfloyd]

Yep just read that myself. No USB 2.0 in big bright letters. Which I know for a fact is not true. Tom has a history of posting biased reviews and because of them many people have a bad taste in their mouth when they think about his site.

I still pop by there every now and then but if I want more detailed reports I go to Anand or someone elses site.

 

[jaeger66]

It's not even the bias that's the worst, it's the incompetence by Tom's lapdog reviewers. Criteria for value judgements varies wildly, even in a single review. Basic terms are confused. Graphs are often mislabled. Benchmarks are flat out wrong. Informative and well done? Not a chance.

 

[CrazySaint]

I was reading the KT333 round up at Tom's and they complained that the Asus A7V333 had "sparse features" compared to the other boards in the round up, I was like "WTH?". IIRC, the ONLY board that had more features than the A7V333 was *maybe* the Soyo Dragon board which costs quite a bit more.

 

[daveqb]

yeah the A7V333 is LOADED with features, didnt know a KT333 board ahd more thne it did.
but also loaded is the price tag, out of my budget

 

[Bink]

I think the bias against Tomshardware is affecting your rational judgement. If you check the Via website, you will note that they do not claim USB 2.0 support: http://www.via.com.tw/en/apollo/KT333.jsp

It is up to motherboard manufacturers to decide what level of USB they want to support and how to implement it. Gigabyte clearly states on their specs (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/products/7vrx.htm) that there is USB 2 controller chip on their GA-7VRX motherboard, the VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller. This would not be necessary if the KT333 chipset had USB 2 support.

Some manufacturers using the KT333 do not have USB 2. support, for example the MSI KT3 Ultra:

Http://www.msicomputer.com./product/detail_spec/KT3Ultra.htm

So, Tomshardware is in fact correct.

I am not pro or anti Tomshardware, I just use it as one of many sources of information that are available. davqb, dfloyd, when you make arrogant refutations which are based on your incorrect opinions, you completely undermine the credibility of those opinions.

 

[daveqb]

well he was correct in a technical way huh

and i wasnt being arrogant to any extenti was simply stating an observation i had about an article i started reading there, coupled with what was aid here i had suspicious but if you read my post i said they i would still visit the site, giving the beneifit of the doubt

 

[StattlichPassat]

I'm going with the MSI KT3 Ultra in the next month.