Looking for experiences w/ KT133a & XP 2400+/2600+

[MarcoP]

Hi,

as the title says, I'm Looking for experiences w/ KT133a & XP 2400+/2600+.
I'm running an XP 2000+ TBred A @ 2200+ on my ABIT KT7a rev1.3 and wonder if the mobo/ voltage regulators will support the xp2400+ or even 2600+ w/ 266MHz FSB.
I also red that no KT133a would support any T'Bred B at all

*confused*

thanks

 

[Peter]

These processors do not draw any more power than a Thunderbird 1400 MHz. That's not the problem. Also, the chipset hardware doesn't care about exactly what model your CPU is - the front side bus is always the same, apart from the frequency.

Your main question is, does that old BIOS support the Thoroughbred CPU model?

 

[MarcoP]

I think so

I'm running the newest BIOS - it recognizes my xp 2000+ exactly as an amd xp 2000+
I think that would not be the problem won't it?

 

[Peter]

What kind of XP2000+ do you have? Palomino? Thoroughbred A or B?

Apart from that, if you're running a 2000+ already, moving to a 2400 or the rare 2600 is rather pointless, performance wise. Your prime bottleneck is the old board and its SDR RAM.

 

[MarcoP]

I have the Thoroughbred A
btw Thoroughbred B are only available from XP2400+ and higher!


>Apart from that, if you're running a 2000+ already, moving to a 2400 or the rare 2600 is rather pointless, performance wise. Your prime bottleneck is the >old board and its SDR RAM.


I think about changing in some month IF! I will get a very cheap offer
I also think, that real world performance differences between sdram and ddr are not THAT much - let me say around 5 to MAX 10%. I don't care about that - it's all a question of investition - i just try to get the max out of my system - so I also think about getting some cheap pc150 dimms.

So you mean that it should work?

 

[DieHardware]

Originally posted by: MarcoP
I have the Thoroughbred A
btw Thoroughbred B are only available from XP2400+ and higher!


>Apart from that, if you're running a 2000+ already, moving to a 2400 or the rare 2600 is rather pointless, performance wise. Your prime bottleneck is the >old board and its SDR RAM.


I think about changing in some month IF! I will get a very cheap offer
I also think, that real world performance differences between sdram and ddr are not THAT much - let me say around 5 to MAX 10%. I don't care about that - it's all a question of investition - i just try to get the max out of my system - so I also think about getting some cheap pc150 dimms.

So you mean that it should work?

Wrong.

 

[Peter]

Yes. As wrong as it gets.

Want more speed? Throw that old board out, get something that doesn't have the south bridge on PCI, and use DDR RAM.
Cranking the CPU up further with the chipset and SDR RAM bottlenecks will do next to nothing. The faster the CPU already is, the more does fast RAM matter.

 

[MarcoP]

oh, okay sorry about that - it was my fault!
Hm, okay seems like I have to overthink everything once again.
Thanks in advance