333MHz FSB Athlons on Soyo KT333

[mrman3k]

I was wondering if there is any way to get the new Tbred Athlons with the 333MHz FSB to work with this mobo at their proper speeds. I had heard that the Tbred multipliers are unlocked and can be adjusted so that you can have a 266MHz FSB and still have the rated clock speed by upping the multiplier. Could anyone please tell me if this is correct, or is it just speculation. I have also heard that the KT400, nForce2 chipsets allow you to choose any multiplier without unlocking the proc. , but is this so with the KT333 chipset as well. If you can please tell me if any of this is possible it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Necrolezbeast]

The newer tbreds with 333mhz fsb will work because the kt333 boards have a 1/5 divider which keeps all the pci/agp devices in spec when 166fsb is hit. It can't change the multipliers as the kt400 and nforce2 boards can.

 

[stonecold3169]

Originally posted by: Necrolezbeast
The newer tbreds with 333mhz fsb will work because the kt333 boards have a 1/5 divider which keeps all the pci/agp devices in spec when 166fsb is hit. It can't change the multipliers as the kt400 and nforce2 boards can.

Not quite right... I don't belive that the 333 athlons will work with the soyo... I have the same problem. While the kt 333 has built in support for the 1/5 divider, not all mobos make use of it... the dragon plus series is sadly lacking it

 

[mrman3k]

Dang, this sucks. So basically the highest I could go will be the 2600+. So probably no Barton for me either. Guess I will just wait for Athlon64.

 

[cmdrdredd]

heh one reason I left AMD was because I was always worried if saome new CPU or chipset would not work with the older device I wasn't planning to upgrade at the time. Too many choices makes for confused consumer.