[mythtv-users] Is VIA chipset bad for mythTV?

Calvin Dodge caldodge at gmail.com
Fri Aug 24 16:09:22 UTC 2007


On 8/24/07, Brad Patterson <bpatterson at espec.com> wrote:
>
>  I thought I have read before that people say to stay away from mobos with
> Via chipsets for mythtv usage.  I just wanted to

Via chipsets have a well-deserved reputation for instability, and
problems with high disk I/O.

My personal preference is to get an Intel-based motherboard when using
an Intel CPU, and Nvidia or ATI chipsets if using an AMD CPU.

Calvin


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