Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 10:10:29 09/22/03
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On September 22, 2003 at 09:50:55, William Penn wrote:
>On September 22, 2003 at 09:10:36, andy ********* wrote:
>
>>On September 22, 2003 at 07:54:39, William Penn wrote:
>>
>>>On September 22, 2003 at 06:54:13, andy ********* wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 22, 2003 at 05:28:18, scott farrell wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I am throwing a few dollars behind the NPS problem (hoping to make my java
>>>>>chompster win a little more often than losing).
>>>>>
>>>>>I am trying to work out if the 400fsb helps much, and whether the dual channel
>>>>>DDR makes much diff, or I'll save my pennies and stick with a 2700xp/333/single
>>>>>channel.
>>>>>
>>>>>Has anyone got a benchmark for an 333Fsb athlon (2500xp->2900xp)?
>>>>>and has anyone got a benchmark for a 3000xp?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanx
>>>>>Scott
>>>>
>>>>With my xp 2400 in dual channel mode, changing the fsb from 266 to 400 keeping
>>>>the same speed 2000MHz , resulted in a approximately 3% increase KN/s using
>>>>Fritz mark. I have always used dual mode and generally the system seems more
>>>>responsive at 400fsb.
>>>>
>>>>Andy
>>>
>>>I also have a xp 2400 and didn't know there were user-selectable modes, single
>>>channel vs dual channel, and fsb 266 vs 400. Can you point me at some FAQs so
>>>that I can also access dual channel mode, and 266/400 fsb, with mine? I'm fairly
>>>ignorant about such things. It's a little computer I picked up from Walmart
>>>recently, that works OK after adding more RAM and a bigger faster hd.
>>>Thanks.
>>>WP
>>
>>With the nforce2 mb , it's possible to have the ram in dual or single mode ,
>>it depends on which memory slots you use. The fsb can be changed in the bios.
>>
>>Andy
>
>Thanks. I'll look in my bios for fsb settings but doubt that more than 266 fsb
>is possible. I only have 2 memory slots on my mb ("Salsa", KM266-8235 ) and both
>are filled, so I guess that's not an option for me, unless perhaps I leave one
>of them empty.
>WP
I do not think that the VIA KM266 is a dual channel chipset. You may also find
that the fsb can be only either 100MHz or 133MHz ie 200/266 with DDR.
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