A7N8X- 400 FSB

[knownalien]

re: http://www.tomshardware.com/technews/index.html#081333

since AMD has announced a cpu that pushes the FSB from 333 to 400, will Asus be able to find a low cost alternative to make the A7N8X run at that FSB speed? I know that overclockers can push the FSB on this board past even 400 Mhz, but I am wondering if this new CPU AMD plans to come out with in May (Barton) will mean buying yet another board?

p.s. for those that might not know, the board has jumper settings for 333/266 or 200 Mhz. By default it comes set at 333/266 Mhz.

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[Mustang9621]

The Barton Core are already released, right now I running a 2500+ /333 barton core. It's rated at 1.83 ghz (166 x 11) but
I'm running it at 210 X 10 on the A7N8x-D with out any problems. I'm going to push it a little more to see at what point it becomes unstable

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[Mustang9621]

The Barton Core's are already released, right now I running a 2500+ /333 barton core. It's rated at 1.83 ghz (166 x 11) but
I'm running it at 210 X 10 on the A7N8x-D with out any problems. I'm going to push it a little more to see at what point it becomes unstable p. s. the barton will only be released at 333 rated

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[dave326]

The unreleased "Hammer" Core must be what you are referring to. Not quite sure about its specifics, but I believe it does still use socket A.

 

[ad_rach]

The 400fsb barton will work on an a7n8x.Asus will probably just make 400 (200) a selectable fsb without overclocking with a bios update and maybe they will change the jumper settings on boards around the time for new buyers.The other nforce 2 board manufacturers will probably do the same.

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[ad_rach]

the barton will only be released at 333 rated

It appears not.The 400fsb barton is widely reported to be debuting in may.

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[ad_rach]

The 400fsb cpu he is talking about is still a barton, not the athlon 64 (clawhammer).The athlon 64 will be released in september (that is what they are saying at the moment anyway) and is not socket a (462 pins) but is socket 754 i.e. 754 pins.

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[knownalien]

for those few in here that did not read the referenced article, here it is:


News Archive

08:13 EST [David]
AMD to launch 400MHz FSB Athlon XP in May

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is set to introduce a new 400MHz FSB (front-side bus), Barton-core Athlon XP processor in May to strengthen its product portfolio <b>before</b> it launches the long talked about K8-based Athlon 64 processors in September.

More here at DigiTimes

as a few have pointed out already: 1) not a reference to hammer; 2) current barton are still 166X2=333 . . .not 400.


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[Mustang9621]

I read the article, I just don't belive it. When the barton core was first annouced it was supposed to be a 400 mhz core but it was released at 333 mhz. For whatever reason it would not run stable at 400 mhz. Looking at the other fourms and news groups on the KT400 & the Nforce2 chipsets, I personaly belive that theese chipsets are getting too hot running at 400 mhz.

I switched to water cooling for the NB and put a heat sink on the south bridge and that is what allowed me to run the 2500+ at 400 mhz plus. Before that anything over 380 mhz the board would become unstable after a few hours.

The current boards will officially support 333 mhz with out MODS, but will new boards with additionaly cooling be required to officially support 400 mhz. If so who is going to make them for a CPU thats has a very short life span (May - Sept).

I personaly do not think it will happen.

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