MSI KT4 Ultra KT400 Review!

[Mem]

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[Hamburgerpimp]

Ripped from the review:

there is little performance to be gained with the KT400. This doesn't mean it's a poor product, but if you are running a KT266A or KT333 motherboard and USB 2.0 isn't important to you, then there is no real reason to upgrade.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Hamburgerpimp
Ripped from the review:

there is little performance to be gained with the KT400. This doesn't mean it's a poor product, but if you are running a KT266A or KT333 motherboard and USB 2.0 isn't important to you, then there is no real reason to upgrade.

While this may seem to be true, the fact remains that KT400 has no real standard for DDR400 ram modules. Once a standard is set and the KT400A chipset comes out, KT333 will be a budget choice at best. KT333 doesn't really have official 333mghz FSB cpu support either. Heck, amd's bandwidth (memory wise) has virtually been maxed out with DDR333. The only thing MB manufacturers can do now is to tweak their boards for max stability, performance and features. We need new cpu architectures (Barton, Hammer, etc), and MBs that can support them at reasonable prices, to take advantage of new technologies.

This brings up a whole new topic: just how much PC power do we really need?

 

[BigEdMuustaffa]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Hamburgerpimp
Ripped from the review:

there is little performance to be gained with the KT400. This doesn't mean it's a poor product, but if you are running a KT266A or KT333 motherboard and USB 2.0 isn't important to you, then there is no real reason to upgrade.

While this may seem to be true, the fact remains that KT400 has no real standard for DDR400 ram modules. Once a standard is set and the KT400A chipset comes out, KT333 will be a budget choice at best. KT333 doesn't really have official 333mghz FSB cpu support either. Heck, amd's bandwidth (memory wise) has virtually been maxed out with DDR333. The only thing MB manufacturers can do now is to tweak their boards for max stability, performance and features. We need new cpu architectures (Barton, Hammer, etc), and MBs that can support them at reasonable prices, to take advantage of new technologies.

This brings up a whole new topic: just how much PC power do we really need?

Then what would be a good Raid board to go with an XP 2000, pc2700, and some ata 133 maxtor drives?