THG "does" KT400

[Athlon4all]

THG has taken the first "look" at VIA's KT400 chipset on a QDI Board. Although there are no benchys, none are needed, the Athlon cannot use DDR400's bandy because of the 266fsb limiting it and DDR333. But it is the first KT400 review.

 

[DaveSimmons]

My reaction: is that all there is? (article content, not the chipset itself). Basically just parrots VIA specs and shows you a BIOS screen. Pointless except for bragging rights of "look we got a running sample board before everyone else! aren't we l33t!"

 

[MadRat]

Reminds me of an Anand preview more than a normal THG article.

 

[Athlon4all]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
My reaction: is that all there is? (article content, not the chipset itself). Basically just parrots VIA specs and shows you a BIOS screen. Pointless except for bragging rights of "look we got a running sample board before everyone else! aren't we l33t!"

Yea, that is true, hence the quotes in "does" or "first look"

 

[Leo V]

Not to be overly negative, but I wonder if Tom's "PC3200" memory failed to work at PC3200 speeds. Warnings have been going around about overclocked PC2700 chips being sold as 3200 by their own manufacturers. (*cough* Geil has been convicted already, heat spreaders are a convenient way to hide the real chip labels!)

 

[Athlon4all]

Originally posted by: Leo V
Warnings have been going around about overclocked PC2700 chips being sold as 3200.

Yes, that is certainly correct because all PC3200 on the market is simply overclocked PC2700. Let me restate something, "DDR400" is not a real standard with JDEC Certification and to be honest, I will be shocked if any but a handful of Boards (P4 and Athlon alike) actually run at DDR400 on these "DDR400" boards.

Further, I will add, DDR400 I just think is pushing DDR/SDRAM Technology too far. I will be shocked to see it ever become a JDEC Standard.

 

[MadRat]

<<Further, I will add, DDR400 I just think is pushing DDR/SDRAM Technology too far.>>

Yeah, but as long as you use a single DIMM then you'll be fine. Two DIMMs may be possible, but that is stretching the limit. I'd think three DIMMs is absolutely a no go.