Asus P4PE will it do 800MHz FSB?

[quadcells]

Hi All,
I ask this question because I notice that Albatron is selling a 845PE motherboad that will support the 800MHz FSB.
TIA

 

[lenjack]

Yes, with latest BIOS.

 

[bluntman]

With the right RAM (PC 3200), the latest BIOS and of course the "C" revision CPUs, it will run at 800Mhz FSB.

 

[quadcells]

Thanks,
Would you know how good the performance is compared to a i865 or i875 chipset?

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: quadcells
Thanks,
Would you know how good the performance is compared to a i865 or i875 chipset?

that depends really. Are you looking for memory bandwidth numbers or what? In general you'll get about 2x the memory bandwidth because of dual channel DDR on the 865/875.

 

[quadcells]

Just overall speed of the machine. So I will not have the memory speed, But with HT and a faster FSB and PC3200. I do a little gaming but mostly video edit. Adobe Premiere 6.5 takes advantage of the HT. To what extent I don't know.
Thanks

 

[REVNU]

I am running the new 2.4C (800MHz FSB) on my Asus P4PE. I am also running Corsair XMS PC3200 DDR RAM in the number 1 slot. I ran PCMark2002 with my old chip (2.4B) and old RAM (Samsung 512 PC2700) and then again with my new setup. I did not see any noticeable difference in the CPU Scores between the two. I did notice a 600 point increase in my Mem Score though. The chip RAM is set at 2-3-3-6 and the system runs stable.
Only problem I have with the 2.4C is I CAN'T seem to overclock it... AT ALL! The system hangs whenever I go above the "stock" 200MHz core bus speed...

 

[REVNU]

Oh yea... you CANNOT run Dual Channel DDR on this board. Only Double Sided or Single Sided DDR. Either 2 Sticks of DS, 3 sticks of SS, or 1 SS and 1 DS.

 

[quadcells]

Thanks for the info.