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About ASUS "A7V880" VIA KT880 Chipset Motherboard for AMD ? 1
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Yes it will!
The KT880 is basically the latest chipset out of the Via camp, used on many excellent Athlon 64 motherboards but also limited implementation on socket "A" platforms as well.
The KT880 (suppose should have been KT800) is Via's first chipset capable of dual channel memory and is said to be every bit as quick (if not quicker) than Nvidia's Nforce2 ultra 400 chipset platforms that have dominated socket "A" for this last 18months or so.
Personally I like Via based mainboards, I have found them always to be more stable than Nvidia and now that this particular chipset is as quick or even quicker, I wouldn't hessitate in using one for an Athlon XP build.
This chipset is also making waves in the Athlon 64 arena and has been the most popular choice for this new platform.
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The KT880 is basically the latest chipset out of the Via camp, used on many excellent Athlon 64 motherboards but also limited implementation on socket "A" platforms as well.
The KT880 (suppose should have been KT800) is Via's first chipset capable of dual channel memory and is said to be every bit as quick (if not quicker) than Nvidia's Nforce2 ultra 400 chipset platforms that have dominated socket "A" for this last 18months or so.
Personally I like Via based mainboards, I have found them always to be more stable than Nvidia and now that this particular chipset is as quick or even quicker, I wouldn't hessitate in using one for an Athlon XP build.
This chipset is also making waves in the Athlon 64 arena and has been the most popular choice for this new platform.
Martin
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The board I'm talking about is ASUS "A7V880" VIA KT880 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU.
I was reading your other post to another question someone had and you said to make sure the FSB said up to 333Mhz and this one says FSB 400/333Mhz so I thought it would but I guess I got confused because I didn't think the chipset was a 462, but then I guess all Socket A is a 462 am I right?
Supported CPU: Socket A AMD AthlonXP/Athlon/Duron ProcessorsChipset: KT880 + VT8237FSB:
FSB: 400/333MHz
RAM: 4x DIMM support Dual Channel DDR400/333/266 Max 4GBIDE: 2x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices
I was reading your other post to another question someone had and you said to make sure the FSB said up to 333Mhz and this one says FSB 400/333Mhz so I thought it would but I guess I got confused because I didn't think the chipset was a 462, but then I guess all Socket A is a 462 am I right?
Supported CPU: Socket A AMD AthlonXP/Athlon/Duron ProcessorsChipset: KT880 + VT8237FSB:
FSB: 400/333MHz
RAM: 4x DIMM support Dual Channel DDR400/333/266 Max 4GBIDE: 2x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices
TylerM
Socket 462 / Socket A, same thing! the 462 just referes to the number of pins a socket "A" AMD Duron/Athlon/AthlonXP has (nothing to do with the chipset used) just the socket/processor type.
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Socket 462 / Socket A, same thing! the 462 just referes to the number of pins a socket "A" AMD Duron/Athlon/AthlonXP has (nothing to do with the chipset used) just the socket/processor type.
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A7v880...good board. first via chipset with agp/pci lock for overclockers, and voltage all the way up to 1.9v.
faster than my nforce2 ultra board(ga-7n400pro2), but slightly higher cpu utilization to get the faster access times over nforce(via"2x") IDE access require double the cpu utilization as well, but only on PATA drives. inclused 2 sata ports. difficult to get first set up if you are not a power user, as this board seems finicky about add-in cards as well as mem. if you know how to properly configure your bios, then it should not be that big of an issue. took me 2.5 hours to get system built from scratch, windows installed, drivers for cards and my regular suite of benchmarking utilities.
the only right answer to "why?" is: "why not?"
faster than my nforce2 ultra board(ga-7n400pro2), but slightly higher cpu utilization to get the faster access times over nforce(via"2x") IDE access require double the cpu utilization as well, but only on PATA drives. inclused 2 sata ports. difficult to get first set up if you are not a power user, as this board seems finicky about add-in cards as well as mem. if you know how to properly configure your bios, then it should not be that big of an issue. took me 2.5 hours to get system built from scratch, windows installed, drivers for cards and my regular suite of benchmarking utilities.
the only right answer to "why?" is: "why not?"
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