Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!du248-06.cc.iastate.edu!goldberg From: goldberg@iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Chipset preference: C&T or OPTI ??? Differences? Message-ID: Date: 17 Jun 91 22:15:50 GMT Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 36 Originator: goldberg@du248-06.cc.iastate.edu I have the opportunity to buy: 25MHz 386 Motherboard, OPTI chipset, AMI BIOS, 64k cache, up to 32M on board for $230 or 25MHz 386 Motherboard, C&T chipset, AMI BIOS, 64k cache for $250. I've heard that the OPTI chipset won't work with UNIX, and has problems with Windows in 386 enhanced mode. True? False? The C&T motherboard is not the super-nifty chipset, it's lower down the line, and requires additional chips (PALs or whatever). Both boards claim to support BIOS Shadowing. What's the truth? Anyone know? Will the OPTI Chipset run UNIX/windows? How much disadvantage is there to not having the super-spiffy C&T chipset? I'd like to purchase one of these boards, but I sure would like to know what I'm getting myself into... Please (PLEASE) respond via e-mail, I'll summarize if there are a sufficient number of 'Me toos'. Thanks. Adam -- Adam Goldberg ! "It's simple! Even a PASCAL programmer could do goldberg@iastate.edu ! it!" tabu6@isuvax.BITNET ! "Remember: the sooner you fall behind, the #include ! more time you have to catch up!"