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which is DDR chipset is better. amd760 or kt266?

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JoPalm

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One of my friends asked me to put a list of parts together for him and now i'm stuck with the motherboard. Which DDR motherboard should i put down? which ddr chipset is better?

help!

the list so far:
mobo??
tbird 1.13
256mb ddr ram
20gb quantum plus as
16x pioneer dvd
16x yamaha cd-rw
ati radeon 64mb ddr
nic
in win case
altec 2.1's
nec/samsung/viewsonic monitor

he had a $2000 cdn limit for everything. Any suggestions?
 
right now...it seems like the amd chipset is better...its a little faster and more stable...i recomment the epox 8K7A...it seems like the best board out now for the price!!! hope this helps!!!

Dave
 
I've resuearched this same and very subject and the AMD is king of the DDR chipsets at this time and the Epox 8K7A is the best board going.
 
Yeah, right now the AM761 boards are probably the best choice, but this may change with future revisions of the KT266 chipset..
 
AMD right now, new KT266 rev. coming out but, need benchy's to make a good examination. I would personally go with MSI's K7 Master.
 
KT266 new revisions will be the better DDR solution eventually, but not until they come out.
 
AMD760 is the only viable DDR chipset.. right now..

An AMD760 board with an AMD Southbridge would make me switch to AMD (NO VIA for me), alas, I know of no one that makes and AMD760 northbridge-based motherboard that doesn't use the VIA 686B Southbridge.

<sigh>

🙂
 
&quot;An AMD760 board with an AMD Southbridge would make me switch to AMD (NO VIA for me), alas, I know of no one that makes and AMD760 northbridge-based motherboard that doesn't use the VIA 686B Southbridge.&quot;

That's because they would add to the price of the motherboards more than the current configs. From what I have heard, the AMD southbridges are very expensive compared to the relatively cheap 686B...


It's really too bad you feel that way. Most of the current Via based SDRAM boards and AMD 760 boards with the 686B are stable and very fast. Well, I guess everyone's entitled to their own opinions, but it's a shame you are limiting yourself just becuase you think the VIA boards aren't worth it. Oh well...
 
&quot;SuperSix never shared with us why VIA is so bad in his book. &quot;

My guess is he had some bad experiences with their Pentium chipsets....
 
what about the nvidia chipset when it comes out? what do you guys think about it. How fast is the geforce2 on it, hehe.
 
the nForce and SiS chipsets are supposed to make better use of DDR ram, but probably not much difference using T-birds. PAlominos would help probably. Also, if you haven't already ordered the CPU, get yourself a 1.2 instead, they are the same price. Even better, get the 1.33 for another 30 bucks. The eP-8K7A+ will have raid, or since I don't use raid, two extra ATA100 channels, lets you have more devices on their own lines.
 
Thx wilde. Are all the other 760 mb's pretty much the same because i don't think my friend wants to go around buying parts from different stores. The store, a-power (for some of you that live in vancouver) doesn't carry any epox boards. Mostly abit, asus, gigabyte and msi..
Kinda sux cause i asked about the iwill kk266 and they didn't carry it. what i could do is go to another store...get the board and bring it back for them to use but i'm too lazy 😀
 
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