How fast CPU will a Asus A7V133 support?

[68GTX]

Here's some info on the A7V133 Some of the A7V133 Revision 1.04 models had different clock generators. This is probably why you see people having different results using Athlon XPs. The same thing is happening with the Asus P4T-E (Some have different clock generators that won't allow them to run at 533FSB)

 

[Sniper82]

so I should just wait and buy a DDR board that supports XP?

 

[TheGreenGoblin]

The board's running fine , rock solid . Sniper , if you want a fast , cheap upgrade , go for the cpu.

I usually buy a motherboard with the intention of upgrading the cpu eventually. It's tempting to go DDR , but if you're on a budget you wont be dissapointed with a cpu upgrade .

I wouldn't upgrade a 1.2 to an XP though , unless u can sell your old cpu and get some $$ back. I was coming from an 850 and I've been doing some divx encoding lately , the xtra cpu power is definitely gonna save me some time . Might not be worth it in your case.

 

[cbuchach]

<< Here's some info on the A7V133 Some of the A7V133 Revision 1.04 models had different clock generators. This is probably why you see people having different results using Athlon XPs. The same thing is happening with the Asus P4T-E (Some have different clock generators that won't allow them to run at 533FSB) >>



Great info about the A7V133. Now finally I know why only rev 1.05 supports the new XP's. What I am wondering now is if the A7V133 will support the new .13 micron Athlons coming out in a few months. I suppose nobody but the folks at AMD know yet but I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will be compatible. I am pretty sure they are Socket A chips so it might be possible and would be a great upgrade from my current Athlon 1200.

 

[AA0]

Its been proven, by many benchmarks that SDRAM at 133Mhz will yield poor results at 1.4Ghz compared to 1.3Ghz. The RAM is saturated and can't perform anymore. The XPs have a data prefetch which increases performance a bit, but uses even more bandwidth. Anything above a 1500XP is going to give you bad performance for your dollar, 1800+ would be just dumb.

 

[cmaMath13]

I guess I am just dumb.


Or maybe I will upgrade my motherboard later this spring when the KT333 or KT333a chipset is here.

 

[Sniper82]

Well if this is true then theres no point in me getting one. My 1gig will do 1.4 with no problem if I had a bit better cooling. I been doing 1.2 default voltage for 6 months now. I think I will save my spare money and just upgrade my mobo,CPU and ram at the same time. Or if I come across a good deal on a XP I could downclock it to 1400 and just keep it and upgrade my mobo and ram later on when the 333 boards come out and prices fall on the current DDR boards.

Maybe I will look for a GF3 Ti200 right now instead.

 

[Sniper82]

Hows the ECS K7S5A DDR/SDram board? Does it support Athlon XP+ without any problems? Also any overclocking features? I could prob trade my Asus A7V133 for one.