DDR333 For Athlon: VIA KT333 vs. KT266A

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Hardware
ProcessorAMD Athlon XP 2000+
Memory 1256 MB, SDRAM, PC2100CL2.0 Micron
Memory 2256 MB, DDR-SDRAM, PC2700CL2.5 NANYA
Memory 3256 MB, DDR-SDRAM, PC2700CL2.0 Corsair
Hard disk40 GB, ATA100, 7200 rpm, 5T040H4, Maxtor
Graphics cardGeForce 3Memory : 64 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock : 400 MHzChip Clock : 250 MHz
Motherboards
VIA KT333VIA VT5615A Reference boardAsus A7V333 (Rev. 1.01)MSI KT3 Ultra (Rev. 1.0)Gigabyte GA-7VRXP (Rev. : 1.0)
VIA KT266AEpox EP-8KHA+ (Rev. : 2.0.)
VIA KT266Asus A7V266 (Rev.:1.05.)
NVIDA nForceAsus A7N266 (Rev.:1.01.)
VIA KT133AMSI K7T Turbo Limited Edition (Rev. : 3)
Drivers & Software
VIA DriverVIA 4 in 1 4.36 Final
AGP DriverVersion 4.1
nForceUPD Version 1.0
Graphics driverDetonator 4 Series V23.11
DirectX Version8.1 (english)
Operating systemWindows 2000 SP 2, Build 2195
Benchmarks and Settings
Quake III ArenaRetail Versioncommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to ’Normal’, 640x480x16Benchmark using ’Q3DEMO1’
ViewPerfVersion 6.1.21280x1024x16x85
mpeg4 encodingXmpeg 4.2a / DivX V4.12Compression : 100Data Rate : 1500 kBit720x480 Pixel, 25 fpsno Audio (mpeg 1 Layer 3)
Sysmark 2002no Patch
LameLame 3.91 MMX, SSE, SSE 2, 3DNow !
WinACE2.11, 178 MB Wave File, Best Compression,Dictonary 4096 kB
Suse Linux 7.3Kernel 2.4.13 Compiling
Studio 7Version 7.07.1
Newtek Lightwave 7.0bRendering Bench SKULL_HEAD_NEWEST.LWS
SiSoft Sandra 2002Professional Version 2002.1.8.59
Cinema 4D XL 7Rendering Scene Raidiosity-Stairs