Asus A7V333 KT333

I was running a benchmark using 3D Mark 2001 SE and it said my external clock speed is 133 Mhz. When I compare my score to others, that have similar scores, I see that their front side bus speeds are higher. Usualy set at around 144 Mhz. Does this mean that they are over-clocking or is that a factory setting? Is 133 Mhz fsb the highest speed that this board supports? Is there a way to change this setting without overclocking? I am running a XP 2200+ and I thought it is supposed to run at 233 Mhz fsb. Any help is appreciate!

Correction, the A7V333 can support a FSB up to 230MHz but 166 is the highest FSB that can be used without having the PCI and AGP clocks out of specs. I'm currently running a lowly Duron Morgan AHHAA @ 166MHz x 7 = 1166MHz ( stock speed is 100MHz x 100 = 1000MHz ) and it's fully stable @ 1.9V, Core temp is only 52C under full load ( air cooled with a full cooper HSF )

The A7V333 supports AMD 166MHz FSB Thoroughbreds and Bartons with the appropriate BIOS version.

Funniest thing is that I attained a 166MHz FSB by running 128Mb of second hand Samsung PC2100 that was given to me. Unfortunately, it will only boot @ 2.5/3/3/6 even when overvolted. I'll get some real PC2700 memory after I buy a new 19 inch CRT, i'm now using an obselete 13 inch I had back in my 386 days, I'll be taking CAD lessons in a few months, no need to tell you that getting a better CRT is top priority =)



Fok Speling Misstake

You change the speed in the BIOS, should be under something like "BUS Frequencies". For your processor 133 is the correct setting.

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