Athlon on A7V

[dfoisy]

I want to bye a new system based on an Athlon 800 on an A7V motherboard...is it a goog choice?
Is this motherboard quite future proof?
What about DDR issues?

Thanks for any suggestions...

Dan

 

[Guest]

It's good even though it has some issues with the VIA chipset, but forget about DDR with this board as it doesn't support it. You'll have to get a board with AMD760, ALi MagiK 1 or VIA KT266 chipsets (to name those three) for DDR support.



- Better go Green than Blue!

 

[Guest]

I got that board and I got the abit kt7. What I don't like about these is the loss of an IRQ to the ata100 controller. I think the newer ones give back this irq.

Right now I would probably be looking at ak73 Pro or 1394 or MSI K7T Proo 2a or the MSI K7 Master.

There are a couple other new ones out there too. Look at Tom's or AnandTech for some new reviews.

 

[dfoisy]

Excuse my ignorance but what are ak73 Pro and 1394 and MSI K7T Master ect.?....my guess is that they are ddr supported MBs, am i right?

 

[Guest]

No. They don't support DDR. They support regular SDR.

AOpen AK73 and MicroStar K7T Master are build with VIA KT133 chipset supporting 133Mhz FSB.


- Better go Green than Blue!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Shazam on 01/24/01 12:29 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Guest]

You should be looking at the A7M266 if you want DDR. Its coming out in the next few weeks.

 

[Guest]

I personally love my A7V and athalon 900, I built the system about 2 months ago. I figure eventually there will be a lot more out there for DDR, and with many options comes better price. I decided to wait until later for DDR and I do love the system. Also, I have yet to have a single issue with it.
Good Luck,
Loki

 

[Guest]

IF your looking for the MOST upgradeablity then shoot for ASUS A7V133 with DDR Support. But seeing how DDR is very expensive and far from being in this market I think that by the time DDR hits and makes a signifant difference in computer performance we will most likely be in a new class of computers. Look at how often INTEL or AMD release a chipset supporting all the cool features like VCM or 200mhz FSB only to release a new cpu on a new socket I.E. Slot A athlon switching to the socket A to break the 900mhz and above barriers. I have been running 900 athlon on the A7V for about 5 months with 512mb PC133 running at 133 and its FAST And i build computers all day long at work.

 

[lrmv]

The A7V133 does not support DDR, it's an updated version of the A7V that uses the KT133A chip set.