is a via cpu right for me?

[slowmike]

i might recieve a very old computer from a friend. im thinking of putting a via 800 cpu .would this satisfy me for doing word and like simcity and racing games?

[BigRed]

ack, just get a celeron
the via and the celeron use the same socket but the celeron would woop the via.

[donny_paycheck]

One cool thing about the via is that it can use passive cooling. Kinda nostalgic in a way.

[funnyperson1]

a via isnt right for anybody :p ......i saw some benchies and a id rather have a Celly 300A than a Via 800....

[Godfodda]

I played around with a 550 a while back. It's not going to be near as fasst as a Celeron of the same speed. But it is hella cheap.

[donny_paycheck]

Man I don't get the celeron....it's like a 300hp v8 with a choke plate in the carb that limits it to 150hp for no reason...what's with that anyway?? Yeah it'd kick the snot outta a via though, but for much more $$$...stingy intel baysturds!

[XprincoX]

Originally posted by donny_paycheck
Man I don't get the celeron....it's like a 300hp v8 with a choke plate in the carb that limits it to 150hp for no reason...what's with that anyway?? Yeah it'd kick the snot outta a via though, but for much more $$$...stingy intel baysturds!

LOL!! kick in the NOS!!

[donny_paycheck]

Originally posted by Xprincox


LOL!! kick in the NOS!!

That's what ocing's for man!

[lonewolf1983]

it depends on how old that computer is
the new via's run on a socket 370
if its VERY old it wont fit
either way,go for any celeron instead of the via if you want decent performance

[XprincoX]

Originally posted by donny_paycheck


That's what ocing's for man!

that was what i was referring to. :D

[donny_paycheck]

Originally posted by Xprincox


that was what i was referring to. :D

"oh....right....I knew that...hehh eehhehhehh..."<nervous laughter>

[Maximus Nickus]

Get a DURON 1200 for £80 from www.ebuyer.com
They even woop a P4 1.3. (Or was that 1.6... I don't remember!)
THe DUrons aint that slow

[donny_paycheck]

Originally posted by nick_cw
Get a DURON 1200 for £80 from www.ebuyer.com
They even woop a P4 1.3. (Or was that 1.6... I don't remember!)
THe DUrons aint that slow

Yeah the Morgan Durons? I read some on amdmb.com I think it was and those things are quick and cheap too. But the VIA chips are for socket 370 so unfortunately he can't use a duron there.

[funnyperson1]

Originally posted by donny_paycheck
Man I don't get the celeron....it's like a 300hp v8 with a choke plate in the carb that limits it to 150hp for no reason...what's with that anyway?? Yeah it'd kick the snot outta a via though, but for much more $$$...stingy intel baysturds!

i dont know what youre talking about, have you even checked the prices??? The Via-Cyrix 700 is going for 40$, while a Celly 800 is going for 45$......for about twice the performance, thas a very reasonable price....Vias arent half as cheap as people think they are...

[donny_paycheck]

Originally posted by funnyperson1
i dont know what youre talking about, have you even checked the prices??? The Via-Cyrix 700 is going for 40$, while a Celly 800 is going for 45$......for about twice the performance, thas a very reasonable price....Vias arent half as cheap as people think they are...

Whoa, I guess not. I thought the celerons were surely more expensive than that. Too bad a $35~ Duron 800 stomps their guts out both at the same time! If this guy wasn't stuck with a socket 370 motherboard then he'd be on easy street. So, one more time: STINGY INTEL BAYSTURDS!!!!