VIA's K8T800 Pro Bumps up HyperTransport Speed, But Lacks Punch

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All timing parameters are changeable. However, be aware that memory module manufacturers do not know for sure how the built-in chips react to the timings, and the long experiments involved with this are exhausting. So in the end, since the differences are marginal anyways, fine-tuning is pointless.

Now, the speed of the HyperTransport bus is 1 GHz instead of 800 MHz. However, the final results of our tests were quite disappointing.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.