nForce + 333 DDR?

[ChrisPi]

I'm conidering getting one of the nForce boards that comes out in a month or so. However, I may want to later upgrade to one of the nForce Crush 17/18 boards that come out next year. These second generation boards will support DDR 333 RAM. To save on costs I'd like to use the same set of ram for both boards. My question is this, will I be able to put DDR 333 memory (once it comes out) into one of the first sets of nForce boards that run at 266 MHZ? I realize that if it runs at all the 333 ram will only run at 266 MHZ but that's ok.

Chris

 

[UNCjigga]

I've been thinking the same thing about the K7S5A. Its strange that a non-overclocker's board would include 166/166 settings, or a 133/166 asynch setting. Since the SiS645 supports DDR 333, I thought the SiS735 might also support it (albeit unofficially.)

 

[Athlon4all]

Yes u will be able to put DDR333 into a mobo that only supports DDR266, but the ram will only run at 266.

EDIT: I just found at OCWorkbench that SiS has demonstrated an SiS 735 system using a 166MHz Fsb/Mem Bus. It seems like that we may be seeing a fsb increase very soon for Amd CPU's.

 

[Rand]

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EDIT: I just found at OCWorkbench that SiS has demonstrated an SiS 735 system using a 166MHz Fsb/Mem Bus. It seems like that we may be seeing a fsb increase very soon for Amd CPU's. >>



AMD has already confirmed they will not be switching to a faster FSB. The Athlon will still run on a 266MHz FSB up to the time the "Hammer" series of processors debute.
Besides a "demonstration" is very different fro actually releasing boards that are speced to run at that.
"Demonstarting" systems running beyond current specifications is hardly that rare, and definitely not a confirmation that the chipset supports in spec operation at a 166MHz FSB, nor confirmation that AMD will release any processors that are speced to run on a 166MHz FSB.