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Alakazam
02-05-2002, 08:56 PM
WE'RE HEARING THAT Via has decided to formally launch its KT-333A chipset now at the big memory meeting it's holding on the 20th February, with the KT-333 becoming just a figment of our imagination. Although Via has shipped several thousand KT-333 chipsets out, and some mobo makers have gone and made products based on it, because it was never formally announced it can never be formally unannounced.

Some manufacturers said they saw little performance benefit in the existing rev of the chipset and that, apparently, has caused Via to re-think its strategy. The KT-333A, on the other hand, is expected to show significant performance increases, although the question of where the DDR 333 memory for these parts is, still remains.

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ImaginAsian
02-05-2002, 09:34 PM
Hot Damn...this news coupled with that Gigabyte DDR333 board makes me rethink my Nforce decision. I may just do that :)

026TB4U
02-06-2002, 02:52 AM
Unless the fsb and memory are both running at 166mhz (333mhz), it's not worth it. Running memory asynchronous doesn't show that big of an improvement over the KT266A.

We'll see what happens :D

ImaginAsian
02-06-2002, 12:11 PM
Yup...no use having your memory operate at 166MHz when your bus is running at 133MHz. Same idea as ATA-66/100/133.

I have read though that the KT333 boards should operate at 166FSB (not officially) much like how the IWILL XP333 can easily run at 166FSB. Question is will the mobo manufacturers include the 1/5 PCI divisor to maintain PCI specs.

AmStoned
02-06-2002, 12:39 PM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you need a freaking AMD CPU that's running a 166/333 core first? So maybe the Tbred is coming sooner than we think? Will the Tbred be running 333FSB?

026TB4U
02-06-2002, 01:19 PM
AS,

I think the chipset is the limiting factor on the fsb. If you lower the multiplier, the chip will run at 166fsb (I think). Just like running a 1 ghz at 7.5 x 133 instead of 10 x 100.

ImaginAsian
02-07-2002, 11:30 AM
Not 100% sure but remember how you could use 100 FSB Athlons in KT133 boards at 133FSB?

Same idea...