Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 18:31:03 -0400 From: Jim Arnold <jarnold@knightridder.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: AMD761 or KT266A advice Message-ID: <a05111722b90dd483ecda@[192.168.0.4]>
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After spending a lot of time researching various overclocking
websites for motherboard reviews I'm not much better off
than I was when I started.
Most of these sites are geared towards Windows users who
like to squeeze everything they can out of their systems to
play games.
I don't play computer games nor do I run windows (obviously).
I Googled of these chipsets and freebsd didn't
turn up much either.
My current system runs on an Epox motherboard with
a K6-3 400 and has been as stable as anyone could want.
I'm curious to know if anyone is running either of these chipsets
and would like to share their experience and which board
they run. After my research I came down to these two boards
for each chipset:
Epox EP-8K7A for AMD761 Chipset
Epox EP-8KHA+ for KT266A Chipset
I'm wondering how much faster a KT266A board would be
over an AMD761 chipset board, when, for example, it came
to compiling the latest Mozilla or making my world. But my overriding
concern is stability. I would be putting an Athlon XP 1500, 1600 or 1700
in this system.
Thanks for any help.
Jim
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">After spending a lot
of time researching various overclocking</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">websites for
motherboard reviews I'm not much better off</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">than I was when I
started.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">Most of these sites
are geared towards Windows users who</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">like to squeeze
everything they can out of their systems to</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">play
games.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">I don't play
computer games nor do I run windows (obviously).</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">I Googled of these
chipsets and freebsd didn't</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">turn up much
either.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">My current system
runs on an Epox motherboard with</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">a K6-3 400 and has
been as stable as anyone could want.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">I'm curious to know
if anyone is running either of these chipsets</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">and would like to
share their experience and which board</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">they run. After my
research I came down to these two boards</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">for each
chipset:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">Epox EP-8K7A for
AMD761 Chipset</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">Epox EP-8KHA+ for
KT266A Chipset</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">I'm wondering how
much faster a KT266A board would be</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">over an AMD761
chipset board, when, for example, it came</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">to compiling the
latest Mozilla or making my world. But my overriding</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">concern is
stability. I would be putting an Athlon XP 1500, 1600 or
1700</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">in this
system.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">Thanks for any
help.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-3" color="#000000">Jim</font></div>
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