This board only supports 266MHz FSB CPU's (133MHz CPU Clock). That is the
limitation of the VIA KT333 chipset.
The memory can be run asynchronously at +33MHz higher than the CPU giving a
166MHz memory clock (DDR333). There is an SDRAM Frequency setting in the
BIOS Chipset Features Setup menu where you can choose 333MHz if you so
desire.
"Mike" wrote in message
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Hello,
I have a Gigabyte 7VRXP, bought in july 2002. No problems (except Top
Performance won't work) and I'm quite happy with it. But after some
searching I
still cannot the answers to some questions. Maybe someone here can help
me?
1. How can I see if I have the 1.0/1.1/2.0 version? The board itself says
2.0~~~~~~~~~~~ but both WCPUID and SiSoft Sandra 2004 say 1.0 What is
it?
2. How do I know if a 333MHz processor (like a Athlon 2800) will work on
this
board? Can I just increase the FSB to 166?
The reason is that I would like to upgrade, not too expensive. A new
processor
is 'nessessary' but Athlon 2600 is too slow. 2800 is cheap, FSB 333
together
with my DDR333 wil give a nice boost. I understand that the 7VRXP
officially
doesn't support a FBS of 333 but the KT333 should, right?
Can anyone help me?
Greetings and thanks in advance,
Mike (from The Netherlands)
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