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Posted by Dan Anderson on November 2, 2009, 9:46 am


Jack Erbes wrote:

> The 60/76CSx have a genuine SiRF III chipset, the Vista HCx has generic
> copy of the SiRF III.

I wouldn't say the Vista HCx has a generic copy of the SiRF III.
The Vista HCx uses a chipset made by MediaTek not SiRF. I
have found the MediaTek chipset inferior to the SiRF III
but it is good enough for most users.

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Posted by Happy Trails on October 27, 2009, 11:39 pm


wrote:

>        I don't think I saw anything about chipsets, much less relative
>stability. What does it mean? Does one of them shut itself off
>unpredictably, like a M$ computer with the Blue Screen of Death? Or what?

By stability I think they mean it tracks satellites well without going
out of lock/view/whatever all the time, especially under adverse
conditions, like under tress in the woods. That's why you want a sirf
3 chipset - acquires satellites very well and tracks like glue (you
know what I mean) under all conditions better than anything else.

Posted by ps56k on October 26, 2009, 5:31 pm



> I've studied Garmin's pages for the GPSMAP 60CSx and the etrex
> Vista HCx, and I'm still hesitating.

how does the Etrex joystick work for ya ?
vs whatever the larger 60/76 toggle-disc is called ?



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