Are there any DDR MBs for slot 1 ?

[Guest]

I was thinking of upgrading my home PC and after doing a little web-surfing, I saw some references to the 'VIA Apollo Pro 266' chipset on Viatech.com that said it supported PIII processors. (I have a PIII 866 coppermine slot-1) however, every Motherboard I have seen with this chipset seems to only support the "Socket" type processors. My questions are: 1> Does this chipset not support slot-1 processors ? 2> If the answer to the 1st question is 'yes it does' then where can I find a MB that supports it ? but if the answer is 'no it does not' then, 3> Is there ANY chipset that supports DDR memory PLUS slot-1 Processors ? (and if so, what is the best one ?)
Thank you in advance for any help

 

[rbertino]

Well, basically the answer to the first question is no, so that rules out all of the other ones.

There aren't any Slot 1 motherboards that support DDR-SDRAM. The VIA Apollo Pro 266 only supports Socket 370, as you stated.

Fortunately, though, it's not really that big of a deal, because the Pentium III wouldn't really make much use of DDR-SDRAM anyway. (Which makes me question why VIA even bothered coming out with the Apollo Pro 266 for the Pentium III).

<i>I don't know anything about computers... but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night...</i> :lol:

 

[Guest]

Oh, and by the way, if there is no such board (DDR plus slot-1 support) then what is the best MB to get for a Gaming PC ? (I'm happy with my slot-1 Processor but would like to get something a little faster in the memory dept.) I currently am using an Asus P3V4X w/512 megs PC-133
Thanks

 

[Renegade87]

Try to find an Abit SH6. These bds. are awesome. The best slot 1 bd. available !! Intel 815E chipset, 6 PCI slots, AGP4X. Very stable and lots of overclocking options thru the BIOS. I have one and am extremely happy with it.
These bds. are tough to find though. Best of luck.

"This was no boating accident"

 

[Guest]

I don't think you'll get much better memory performance if you stick with a Slot 1 PIII

You don't say which mobo you already have. Assuming you're using a clocked BX chipset or Via 133A, then the i815 chipset will help you a fair bit. It's a very nice piece of kit, but you won't get the kind of difference you're after unless you change to an Athlon with DDR support, a P3 Tualatin with DDR support (think this is what the new Via chips are designed for) or maybe a P4 if you own an oil company.

Oh, and I was happy with the P3 750 CuMine I had, until I saw an Athlon 1.1 running GP3 ;-)

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[Guest]

i know its tempting to upgrade, but the p3v4x is an excellent board. ddr memory, even under the best of circumstances only demonstrates a 10% increase in performance with athlon 1.33's. as the other poster stated, the PIII wont really utilize the added clock cycles anyway. If you are going to upgrade, wait a few more months.....especially sine PIII 866 is still plenty fast. to buy a new motherboard simply because it runs the intel 815 chip over your own via would be foolish, unless you are having trouble with thte p3v4x. myself....im thinking of upgrading (have a PIII 800 slot 1 and p3v4x) when the new pentium 4's come out that support ddr ram. i have three system running via chips now, but want to go back to intel for my next.

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