XP 3000+/PC2700(1gb)/FX5950 Ultra 256 - Which Motherboard ???

Hello

My setup is currently
Asus A7V333 Motherboard (Rev 2.0)
Athlon XP 3000+ (Barton) 333 FSB
1Gb (512 x 2) DDR 333PC 2700 mem
PNY Geforce FX 5950 Ultra 256mb x8 AGP
Antec TP 480w Power Supply
+ Chassis Fan

The processor is capable of running at 2167mhz......... and I have tried to
follow advice ... (thankyou kony).... and experimented in bios, with a
hope to get the full potential from my processor and graphics card..... but
all to no avail.
I'm currently running at 1.74 mhz... (2167mhz results in instability)
........... AGP x4 (max in bios) ........ although my graphics card is
spec'd to x8 AGP..........

I'm a novice here .. but seems obvious to me, that my motherboard can't
handle the full capabilities of the hardware components that I have on
board..

I would be grateful , with regards to advice, on motherboards that will be
able to utilise the full potential of the components that I have, and allow
uppgrading (3200+ max I believe).................

Thanks
John Hellingsworth

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:26:15 GMT, "John Hellingsworth"
wrote:

Hello

My setup is currently
Asus A7V333 Motherboard (Rev 2.0)
Athlon XP 3000+ (Barton) 333 FSB
1Gb (512 x 2) DDR 333PC 2700 mem
PNY Geforce FX 5950 Ultra 256mb x8 AGP
Antec TP 480w Power Supply
+ Chassis Fan

The processor is capable of running at 2167mhz......... and I have tried to
follow advice ... (thankyou kony).... and experimented in bios, with a
hope to get the full potential from my processor and graphics card..... but
all to no avail.
I'm currently running at 1.74 mhz... (2167mhz results in instability)
.......... AGP x4 (max in bios) ........ although my graphics card is
spec'd to x8 AGP..........

I'm a novice here .. but seems obvious to me, that my motherboard can't
handle the full capabilities of the hardware components that I have on
board..

I would be grateful , with regards to advice, on motherboards that will be
able to utilise the full potential of the components that I have, and allow
uppgrading (3200+ max I believe).................

Thanks
John Hellingsworth


Why would you upgrade from XP3000 to XP3200? If further
upgrade is the goal just keep what you have, as cofigured
(or sell those parts) , and rebuilt with Athlon 64
motherboard and CPU instead.

To keep using that CPU and video card the best socket A
choice would be based on nForce2. If you like Asus then an
A7N8X, -X, -Dlx, or -E Dlx, depending on features you want
(see Asus website). Other popular choices include later
revisions of the Abit NF7, though MSI and Gigabte both have
nForce2 boads that should suffice as well.

"John Hellingsworth" wrote in message
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Hello

My setup is currently
Asus A7V333 Motherboard (Rev 2.0)
Athlon XP 3000+ (Barton) 333 FSB
1Gb (512 x 2) DDR 333PC 2700 mem
PNY Geforce FX 5950 Ultra 256mb x8 AGP
Antec TP 480w Power Supply
+ Chassis Fan

The processor is capable of running at 2167mhz......... and I have tried
to
follow advice ... (thankyou kony).... and experimented in bios, with a
hope to get the full potential from my processor and graphics card.....
but
all to no avail.
I'm currently running at 1.74 mhz... (2167mhz results in instability)
.......... AGP x4 (max in bios) ........ although my graphics card is
spec'd to x8 AGP..........

I'm a novice here .. but seems obvious to me, that my motherboard
can't
handle the full capabilities of the hardware components that I have on
board..

I would be grateful , with regards to advice, on motherboards that will
be
able to utilise the full potential of the components that I have, and
allow
uppgrading (3200+ max I believe).................

Thanks
John Hellingsworth


try this
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=63166
uses the nforce chipset - yours uses via i think and via chipsets are never
that great. personally i'd be very happy with what you've got and 8x agp
will be no differant to 4x - overclocking the cpu will make a big differance
of course.