Hi there,
I know that this may have been covered in previous posts, but I'm confused as to what advantage these motherboards have over the 266A. I posted recently asking if the Epox 8KHA+ KT266A is a good board to purchase and got a great deal of helpful comments on this board (so thanks again guys). I was just about to buy this board when I heard of the KT333 boards. One of these boards released by MSI got a great review and showed significant performance gains over the 266A, in most cases being faster than the Abit KR7A raid. To confuse matters I've heard less then pleasing views in regard to the new speed DDR Ram, suggesting that the 333 boards are just suped up 266A boards that can apparently handle DDR 333. After that I hear that the 333A board is the one to go for.
So here I go with another list of questions.
1) with the imminent release of these boards is it wise to wait for the 333A - however I don't want to be waiting 3-6 months for a board as I was ready to upgrade my computer a month ago.
2) will I see real world performance differences in 3D games for example?
3) is there potential for long term upgradability with the 333A over the 266A. From what I hear the max cpu for both boards is an XP 2000.
Thanks for any comments that'll clear up the confusion.

I know that this may have been covered in previous posts, but I'm confused as to what advantage these motherboards have over the 266A. I posted recently asking if the Epox 8KHA+ KT266A is a good board to purchase and got a great deal of helpful comments on this board (so thanks again guys). I was just about to buy this board when I heard of the KT333 boards. One of these boards released by MSI got a great review and showed significant performance gains over the 266A, in most cases being faster than the Abit KR7A raid. To confuse matters I've heard less then pleasing views in regard to the new speed DDR Ram, suggesting that the 333 boards are just suped up 266A boards that can apparently handle DDR 333. After that I hear that the 333A board is the one to go for.
So here I go with another list of questions.
1) with the imminent release of these boards is it wise to wait for the 333A - however I don't want to be waiting 3-6 months for a board as I was ready to upgrade my computer a month ago.
2) will I see real world performance differences in 3D games for example?
3) is there potential for long term upgradability with the 333A over the 266A. From what I hear the max cpu for both boards is an XP 2000.
Thanks for any comments that'll clear up the confusion.