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Paladin2000 · 01-19-2004, 03:17 PM

Bah, don't get me started with Giga-Byte!

One of my biggest complain about Giga-Byte is their stupid GA-5AA series of motherboard.

That piece of junk (motherboard) had endless troubles with my old Riva TNT2 video card. According to Giga-Byte, the problem lies within the ALI chipset and they have several versions of firmware updates which is supposed to "fix" the problem.

I downloaded and upgraded my ROM several times and my TNT2 still hangs while running some of 3D games, especially Diablo II and on several occasions, Half-Life and etc. Giga-Byte! BOOOOOOOO!

At the end, I saved up my money and get myself a total new system. I promised myself never to use AMD and Giga-Byte ever since.

[ 01-19-2004, 03:20 PM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ]

01-19-2004, 03:17 PM	#21
Paladin2000 Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: February 19, 2002 Location: Your guess is as good as mine. Age: 54 Posts: 1,728	Bah, don't get me started with Giga-Byte! One of my biggest complain about Giga-Byte is their stupid GA-5AA series of motherboard. That piece of junk (motherboard) had endless troubles with my old Riva TNT2 video card. According to Giga-Byte, the problem lies within the ALI chipset and they have several versions of firmware updates which is supposed to "fix" the problem. I downloaded and upgraded my ROM several times and my TNT2 still hangs while running some of 3D games, especially Diablo II and on several occasions, Half-Life and etc. Giga-Byte! BOOOOOOOO! At the end, I saved up my money and get myself a total new system. I promised myself never to use AMD and Giga-Byte ever since. [ 01-19-2004, 03:20 PM: Message edited by: Paladin2000 ] __________________ (This is an invisible sig.)