TYAN 230T Questions

Hi,

I was planning to get a TYAN 230T board to replace my ASUS P2B-DS, so I
could run DUAL TUALATINs. I was wondering, what are your impressions of
this board. I have scanned through a bunch of posts here, and it appears
that TYAN does not allow you to overclock. It also seems that most of the
videocard issues have been resolved, is this true (can I run at 4x)? I have
read about people having problems with TV Tuner cards, any more info? How
is the VIA chipset? Are there any stability issues I should be aware of. I
do plan to run the AGP port at 4x, with a Matrox Parhelia. Anyone try this?
How does this board compare with the MSI 694D and the Supermicro P3TDDE?
Finally, will I see a big performance increase if I move from DUAL 1.1GHZ
CPUs @ 100MHZ to DUAL (TUALATIN) 1.2GHZ CPUS @ 133MHZ FSB ? How about 1.4GHZ
Tualatins? Do you guys think I am better off with my P2B-DS board (REV 1.06
D03)? Strangely enough, my board sells for around $150 on eBay, while the
TYAN goes for around ~$50 (used for both).

Please send me your thoughts!

-V-

I have the 230T with dual 1.4 Tualatins and I am extremely happy with it.
It runs Solaris 9 x86 and it runs perfectly, I never reboot until I need to
update the kernel!
Chris

"Verizon" <> wrote in message
news:bar1b.56$i%...
> Hi,
>
> I was planning to get a TYAN 230T board to replace my ASUS P2B-DS, so I
> could run DUAL TUALATINs. I was wondering, what are your impressions of
> this board. I have scanned through a bunch of posts here, and it appears
> that TYAN does not allow you to overclock. It also seems that most of the
> videocard issues have been resolved, is this true (can I run at 4x)? I
have
> read about people having problems with TV Tuner cards, any more info? How
> is the VIA chipset? Are there any stability issues I should be aware of.
I
> do plan to run the AGP port at 4x, with a Matrox Parhelia. Anyone try
this?
> How does this board compare with the MSI 694D and the Supermicro P3TDDE?
> Finally, will I see a big performance increase if I move from DUAL 1.1GHZ
> CPUs @ 100MHZ to DUAL (TUALATIN) 1.2GHZ CPUS @ 133MHZ FSB ? How about
1.4GHZ
> Tualatins? Do you guys think I am better off with my P2B-DS board (REV
1.06
> D03)? Strangely enough, my board sells for around $150 on eBay, while the
> TYAN goes for around ~$50 (used for both).
>
> Please send me your thoughts!
>
> -V-
>
>
>

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:04:23 GMT, "Verizon" <>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I was planning to get a TYAN 230T board to replace my ASUS P2B-DS, so I
>could run DUAL TUALATINs. I was wondering, what are your impressions of
>this board. I have scanned through a bunch of posts here, and it appears
>that TYAN does not allow you to overclock. It also seems that most of the
>videocard issues have been resolved, is this true (can I run at 4x)? I have
>read about people having problems with TV Tuner cards, any more info? How
>is the VIA chipset? Are there any stability issues I should be aware of. I
>do plan to run the AGP port at 4x, with a Matrox Parhelia. Anyone try this?
>How does this board compare with the MSI 694D and the Supermicro P3TDDE?
>Finally, will I see a big performance increase if I move from DUAL 1.1GHZ
>CPUs @ 100MHZ to DUAL (TUALATIN) 1.2GHZ CPUS @ 133MHZ FSB ? How about 1.4GHZ
>Tualatins? Do you guys think I am better off with my P2B-DS board (REV 1.06
>D03)? Strangely enough, my board sells for around $150 on eBay, while the
>TYAN goes for around ~$50 (used for both).
>
>Please send me your thoughts!
>
>-V-
>
I use the board too.
Have been extremely satisfied.

Im running:
win2kpro
1GB ram
dual 1.4GHz tualatins
ATI radeon 9700 pro at 4x agp

I will say that recently installed XP professional on this mobo and
there seems to be an issue with the ati driver or xp or both, but just
before the XP login prompt appears, sometimes the screen goes blank
and a reset or cold boot is required.

I have cases open with Microsoft and ATI on this.

Seeing as how the board has been flawless in win2k pro with this
identical hardware configuration, I am thinking this is a driver issue
but perhaps a windows XP power management issue as well.

As far as the 230T i recommend it.