Worth going to DDR?

[lastig21]

Right now I am running a kk266 with a Tbird 1400 @ 1600. I've been bitten big time by the upgrade bug, and was just wondering if you thought it was worth going to ddr. I am currently running my sdram at a 160 bus at cas2. If you do think it is worth it, what programs would I notice running faster? I am limited in my games by my radeon se VIVO (I want to upgrade that too).

If I decided to upgrade, it would probably be to one of the plentiful 8k7a's on the FS/T forums right now. Should I go with this board or get one with the kt266a chipset?

Finally, what would my mobo/ram be worth. I have 2 sticks of 256 meg (Infineon and kingston) that run the mentioned bus at the fastest timings.

 

[lastig21]

no help?

 

[AMDPwred]

No. I myself just made the jump and don't see a difference. I would wait until "the next big thing".

 

[lastig21]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Shack70]

Im in the same boat lastig21. I have the kk266-r with a 1.2tbird@1.4. I like the Dragon+ and the nvidia all in one board as well. I just can't get myself to invest the $150 for the MB and another $50-100 for memory and not see a significant increase in speed. I think I may get one of those new XP processors instead. Everything I use runs plenty fast. I play Counter-Strike alot and get 99fps with the current setup. I see no reason to go DDR right now.

 

[majewski9]

yeah I am in the same boat as you. I have an Athlon tbird 1.33ghz and Iwill kk266 as well. I was thinking of getting the Iwill XP333! The move to DDR 2700 and ata 133 would be nice.

maybe a cheap solution for us would be the ECS K7S5A or K7S6A when it is available. you can use SDRAM too the K7S5A board until DDR prices go down as well.

 

[lastig21]

does anyone know how the k7s5a overclocks?

 

[BreakApart]

<< Im in the same boat lastig21. I have the kk266-r with a 1.2tbird@1.4. I like the Dragon+ and the nvidia all in one board as well. I just can't get myself to invest the $150 for the MB and another $50-100 for memory and not see a significant increase in speed. I think I may get one of those new XP processors instead. Everything I use runs plenty fast. I play Counter-Strike alot and get 99fps with the current setup. I see no reason to go DDR right now. >>




LOL... lots of boats out today.

My boat has (2) KK266-r, 1.2G Athlon rigs. Looked into the Dragon/DDR setup also and just don't see the benefit when my KK266 systems are running great. I'll be wating for the 2.5-3G cpu range, and the next best DDR level before i upgrade again. (well that's my plan as of today, it may change tomorrow)

 

[formulav8]

If you are starting from the ground up. Definitely go the DDR route. If you already have a KT133a system, I wouldn't bother going to a DDR system right now.

 

[Bovinicus]

I don't think so. The performance gains will only really be relevant in extremely heavy multitasking and a few memory intensive tasks. However, seeing as how you would have to invest well over $100 to make the switch, and your memory is already running quite fast, it is definitely not worth it.

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<< If you are starting from the ground up. Definitely go the DDR route. If you already have a KT133a system, I wouldn't bother going to a DDR system right now. >>


Agreed!

 

[punkrawket]

<< does anyone know how the k7s5a overclocks? >>

horribly....it's good as a nice stable board... very little oc abiltites

 

[lastig21]

Thanks for all the help, I will be staying with my current motherboard. The video card on the other hand . . .Lets just say if anyone has a geforce2/3 at a good price. . .