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I aways stuck by the win98se + DirectX 7A. However, I've had to get DirectX8 last night as I fancied a play about with Mechwarrior 4 and it requires this. Of course, once you go to DirectX8 there is no going back apparently (reformat/re-install required). I tried winME but the way it decided...

Another point is not to stick too many items on the same molex power connector "line" as your hard drive as it needs as much power as it can get... Obviously you shouldn't put ATA-33 drives as slaves to ATA-66 drives as one IDE controller channel runs at the slowest device...

PS. Duron @133 compared to my old 466 celeron was fantastic

Agreed, KT7E is a smart choice perhaps better than my own KT7A in bang per buck... ...or so it would seem from above review. Looks like you'll may have to bite the bullet and buy. "You pays yer money and yer takes yer choice..." V. interested to hear about your experience with it...

Sure, know what you mean, I take the smae approach as can be seen from my rig. Best bang for buck and all that... I've used MSI all the time in the past for their stability and cost effectiveness. If the KT7E clocks at 133 then that is good. Just reading a review here...

I thought the KT7E was a version of the old 100mHz board. If you can spend a little extra then I would really recommend getting hold of the KT7A board. Getting hold of a 600-800 mHz duron and running it at 800 (133fsb * 6) via judicious use of a pencil is just soo easy and satisfying... Plus...

Where is this BETA bios of which you all speak, I've have not managed to locate it... Anyone got a link?

I've had this same problem with a KT7A board. Have you tried changing the 'AGP Driving force' value? ..and I quote: "Lots of users complain about general stability during OpenGL and Direct3D games. Newer VIA based mainboards (KT133) have an option in the BIOS called AGP Driving Value...