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phial   03-06-2004 at 06:29:13 PM

i noe that Nforce2 boards will unlock Tbred cores, but what about Palominos? im going to be using my palomino (goes to 1.9ghz, good enough for another month or when i can afford a 2500+M) so whats the dilly?

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markgun   03-06-2004 at 07:17:37 PM
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I *think* they only unlock Tbreds and the older Bartons. I have a 1600+ Pally running at 1.83GHz with multipliers up to 12.5x, but I did the L1 bridge mod long before I got the NF7-S. If I had anymore conductive paint, I'd undo the L1 connections and test it. Spitfire was running a 1700+ Palomino for awhile in his NF7, you might want to ask him if he could change the multis.

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phial   03-06-2004 at 07:22:04 PM
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thanks

meh, unlocking the chip itself is easy enough. ill just do that if need be, takes 10 mins

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markgun   03-06-2004 at 07:30:36 PM
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Whoa. I guess I have all the multipliers. I just booted up with 13.5. That never worked when I first got this board.

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pIII_Man   03-06-2004 at 10:29:15 PM
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no nv400 for you?

If it isn't a P6 then it isn't a processor
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Spitfire_x86   03-06-2004 at 11:14:12 PM
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I've used a Palomino AXP 1700+ with ABIT NF7 v2.0. It can't unlock Palomino

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phial   03-07-2004 at 04:20:01 AM
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ahhh thanks :D

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phial   03-07-2004 at 04:21:04 AM
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nv400? no, even tho that board would probably be a tad bit quicker, this board has so much more like sata, soundstorm etc... and its one of the best overclocking boards as well, so meh i dont think ill notice the 3% difference

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pIII_Man   03-07-2004 at 04:26:23 AM
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well earlier you seemed to have your heart set on that anyhow, good luck with the upgrade and happy overclocking.

ps your those pics you sent are so sexy :evil:

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eden   03-07-2004 at 07:30:20 AM
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That shmuck sent you pics?
Like what?

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pIII_Man   03-07-2004 at 09:33:51 AM
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photos from his raulph lauren modeling campeign...pretty steamy stuff :evil:

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eden   03-09-2004 at 02:56:18 AM
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Hey looks like the new KT880 may be a better buy than the NV 400 Ultra. Some benchies show it driving over the NV 400 Ultra like an on-die mem controller would (the MP3 encoding test).

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Spitfire_x86   03-09-2004 at 11:21:30 PM
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nForce2 Ultra400 is still the best chipset for Socket 462. The performance difference is ignorable. Sometimes NF2 performs higher, sometimes KT880 and sometimes both are equal. nForce2 is around for ~1.5 year and a proven reliable platform.

And VIA chipsets don't have PCI bus lock. PCI bus lock is a great thing to have for overclockers.

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phial   03-10-2004 at 04:45:15 AM
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LO the new VIA board STILL HAS a locked PCI bus? there goes most of its usefullness


they wont sell a single board :)



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eden   03-10-2004 at 06:04:29 PM
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Do you have any proof that new VIA KT880-based mainboards will not support a PCI Bus Lock?

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Spitfire_x86   03-10-2004 at 11:16:05 PM
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I haven't read anything about PCI bus lock in KT880. And no VIA chipsets so far had PCI bus lock.

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markgun   03-10-2004 at 11:36:36 PM
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I don't think VIA knows how to implement an AGP/PCI bus lock :wink: .

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eden   03-12-2004 at 03:46:59 AM
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Urm I thought such features were related to the motherboard BIOS and not the chipset itself?

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markgun   03-12-2004 at 05:49:17 PM
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The chipset has to support it first, then it's up to the motherboard manufacturers to properly support the locks/dividers through their BIOS. As of now, the VIA chipsets only allow dividers.

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