Asus p4g8x

[rayyen]

I just have to ask. Im going to buy a pentium and i want a motherboard with 333DDR support, does this board. Asus p4g8x support it?

/Fredrik

 

[tuesday630]

No, it uses the Intel E7205 chipset with dual-channel DDR266. I suppose you could use DDR333 in single channel mode, but then why get the E7205? Others are less expensive for single channel.

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[Guest]

It should be possible by overclocking the FSB

 

[elzt]

If you want a motherboard with DDR333 support, then get the Asus P4PE instead. It uses Intel 845PE chipset which fully supports DDR333 memory and is much cheaper than p4g8x.

 

[craker]

Is the 845E better than the 850E chipset? I have been looking at them and I've heard different things.

 

[bob_dn]

Is the 845E better than the 850E chipset? I have been looking at them and I've heard different things.

That's the $64,000 question (man am I showing my age). I850E boards with PC 1066 RDRAM are still the performance champs. Even on the aging I850E chipset. Newer DDR boards are just about even when OC'd. Intel has decided the future is DDR so most people feel you're taking a chance buying RDRAM boards. But Rambus may not be dead yet. Read <A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.org/?article=7361" target="_new">this</A> and <A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.org/?article=7944" target="_new">this</A>.

 

[Crashman]

The P4G8X will support DDR333 at DDR266 speed, BUT the higher speed memory will allow you to overclock both the CPU and the RAM to match the rated memory speed, as long as your CPU can overclock that far. Buying faster memory is ALWAYS recommended for overclocking.

I would suggest you look at the SiS 655 chipset boards if you want dual channel, fast memory, AGP8x, etc.

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