VIA KT400 and PC300 DDR - What the....? Need info please!!

[Audax]

This is getting insane. I was originally holding off from buying a Epox 8KHA+ and PC2100 when I heard that the KT333 chipset was around the corner. Now that they are out and the new Epox boards are simarily priced (apparently) to the 266A boards I thought "great..time to upgrdade" (even though DDR 333 ram is about 70-80 AUS dollars more expensive than 266). Now I hear about the KT400 and PC300 arriving in Q2 this year. Is this right? How can that be! It's almost Q2 now and here in little ol' Australia my computer dealer has just got hold of the MSI KT333 boards and some PC2700 (and that's probably not even certified but just overclocked 2100 ram). Can anyone help me out here. Is the KT400 going to be the next big step in real world performance and is it worth waiting for? Thanks for any comments that can alleviate my sense of confusion at the moment.

Regards

Audax😕

 

[sheltem]

From what I hear, the new AMD processor, the throughbred will most likely not use a faster fsb. So PC2100 will do you fine, if that is so. Go ahead and get the KT333, its not going to hurt. However the thing to watch out for is the new AMD Hammers coming out q4 2002. Personally, I did a cheap upgrade. All I got was a ECSk75SA and an athlon 1800, costing me about 240 including shipping. This way I can reuse my old sdram and not waste money on expensive ddr. Hope this post helps...

 

[johndoe52]

Boy am i glad i bought my ram when i did (3 X 256 meg sticks of pc 2100 from crucial for $92). I've been using the K75SA for the last couple of months just because i've been debating on which kt266a board to get. I'd stay away from the kt333 personally just cause there's no vast improvement over the kt266a. If you wait for the kt400(which i haven't heard anything about...any links?) then you'll always be waiting for the next big release. just my $0.02.

 

[Boonesmi]

there is always something new right around the corner 🙂

 

[Audax]

Thanks for the post guys. I'll probably go for the KT333 because with DDR333 it offers a performance increase over the 266A. I haven't got any specific links to the KT400 just small mentions in the reviews of some of the KT333 boards.

Audax

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

The KT400 is supposed to be AGP 8x, support USB 2.0, Firewire, and Serial ATA... it is supposedly all that and a bag of chips.

 

[jiffylube1024]

<< The KT400 is supposed to be AGP 8x, support USB 2.0, Firewire, and Serial ATA... it is supposedly all that and a bag of chips. >>



Yeah yeah. Don't worry Serial ATA 2 is very close around the corner also, as well as a whole slew of new features. Btw, why rush to get Serial ATA when all of your old devices will be useless?

AGP8X is the funniest; we'll see a practical improvement from that in about 5 years. USB 2 and FW will be sweet tho (although you could always get PCI upgrade cards ... oh wait PCI is getting replaced soon too 🙁)

It's all one big never-ending upgrade. Get in now or get in never, there's always something better around the corner.

Btw, nice Austin Powers quote, it's a good one 😉!