Glad to hear that.

Guy wrote on Yesterday, 07:26:

bracecomputerlab wrote on Yesterday, 05:21:

I will say that VIA Technologies PT800 chipset is comparable to Intel 848P chipset. Both support 800 MT / s (200 MHz Quad Data R […]
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I will say that VIA Technologies PT800 chipset is comparable to Intel 848P chipset.
Both support 800 MT / s (200 MHz Quad Data Rate or QDR) and DDR400 DDR SDRAM.
Personally, I will not say that VIA chipset around 2003 / 2004 time frame to be bad.
Generally speaking, Intel chipset tends to perform a few percent better on benchmarks compared to VIA / SiS chipsets, assuming similar configuration, but the difference is often so small that you may not notice it without benchmarking.
By 2003 or so, AGP related compatibility issues have been resolved.
At this point, whatever retro piece of equipment you can get a hold of is valuable.
I will not toss the mainboard unless it is completely broken (i.e., cracked PCB, smoked out PCB copper trace, etc.).

Guy wrote on 2025-10-07, 14:36:

I have a P4 system, it came with a MSI PT8 Neo-V mobo:
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-pt8-neo-v

Is the pt800 a good and stable chipset, or should I switch to an Intel one, I have both 865 and 875 motherboards.

I'm definitely not throwing it out, it's good to have multiple working back ups:)

I forgot about that one.
I think most PT800 chipset had the flawed VT8237 as its south bridge.
Which VIA south bridge fixed the SATA 3 Gbps or above speed device recognition bug?
Was it VT8237R or VT8237R Plus?
I recall SiS 648 and 661 (w/ integrated graphics) were very stable chipsets for mPGA478b and LGA775 socket platforms.

The Serpent Rider wrote on Yesterday, 19:09:

PT800 is usually coupled with flawed implementation of the VT8237 south bridge which can't work with modern HDDs/SDDs. There are some issues with AGP, but mostly due to how VIA doesn't lock AGP frequency while overclocking FSB. The next best thing after Intel are late SIS chipsets, not a lot of high end boards though.

Plus or S.