133a and 266a vs. amd 761 questions

[moosey]

for a basic system (internet, music, dvd) which of these would be the best chipset. the via kt133a or kt 266a or the amd 761. i am mainly looking for stability and compatibility.

 

[WhiteWizard]

I'll set the KT266A.
The Kt133a is obsolete, AMD doasen't care to much about chipsets, they just make a few for setting the standard and is a bit slower than KT266A. So they will abandon the 761 or they will not provide drivers for upcomings O.S. as quikly as you'll need.
The stability depends more on the mobo you choose, look arround this forum, and make your own desision.
However you miss the SIS 745 (I believe, some set it outperforms even the Kt266A) and the Ali 333, with is in the Iwill 333-R mobo.
A modern mobo must have today ATA 133, 333Mhz bus and USB 2.0. Perhaps the coming VIA KT333 fills all my expectations.



ASUS A7V266-E
Athlon t-bird 1.2B at 1301 (9.5x137Mhz)
Titan D5T cooler
512Mb DDR PC2100 unbranded
RAID 0 on 2 IBM Desktar 15gb
CLabs Anihilator II
CLabs Live! Platinium

 

[vampiro]

You also failed to mention the nForce boards available. Both MSI and Asus currently have versions available and ABIT is coming out with one very soon. They have great memory performance, are very fast, and offer rock solid stability. It will perform on evenly (and in at least my case) better than the KT266A boards. Plus, they have the best sound available on a computer, integrated LAN, and video (I don't use because of my GF3 Ti500). Just something to think about.

Vampiro

 

[rickn]

AMD doesnt need new drivers for the 761. It is a very established chipset with solid support. Win XP already has the support built in. The 4.80 AGP GART is done, no room for anymore improvment. The KT266a is a good chipset, I however prefer AMD northbridge. You cannot beat the 761 chipset for stability

 

[Rand]

If ypur willing to sacrifice performance for potentially a slight boost in stability, then go with the AMD760 chipset... otherwise take the KT266A IMHO.

 

[bigbootydaddy]

761 = rock hard stability w/ no crap

booty <- proof

 

[Athlon4all]

KT266A by far. KT133A is a dead end, and really there is quite a difference between 266A and 133A. AMD 760, was a great platform in it's day, but it trails KT266a by a bit, especially in memory performance. Go 266A.

EDIT: Also, I would not recommend 760 because it is just as stable as 266A, and if any thing, you may have more trouble depending, because 760 boards use the notorious VIA 686B south bridge while 266A uses the new 8233 sb, 686B should be avoided.

 

[rickn]

<< 686B south bridge while 266A uses the new 8233 sb, 686B should be avoided. >>



I've not had any problems at all with the 686b. The 686b problem was a problem between VIA northbridge and the southbridge. I've never had any SB Live nor Audigy problems with my 8k7a.

And of course the KT266a is going to have higher memory thruput. The 760 chipset is about a year older and competed (and blew away) with the KT266.

 

[Wind]

I'll go for the KT266A chipset mobo. Generally the chipset had mature now & most probs encounter had been fixed...although the latest PCI latency probs had yet to received official attention from VIA. But the latency probs really only affect those running RAID.

I'll go w/ the KT266A chipset.

 

[jfunk]

If stability is the main concern, gotta say AMD761.


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