Greg Hess Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 Hey Guys, I recently noticed that Asus updated their website, specifically the processor support section. Though AMD denies the fact, I have gotten confirmation direct from Asus. Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing ASUS tek. A7M266-D can support to Athlon XP 2600+(266M FSB mode 8 ) with the bios version 1007 or later , and can support to Athlon MP 2800+ with bios 1010 or later, please refer to : http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx Best Regards, ASUS Customer Service Center Shanghai Xixi_Sun" According to AMD, the Rev 1.03's don't support tbred nor barton. Anyway just wanted to let you fellows know, that it appears that ANY Rev of the A7M266-D will support the new 2800+ MP Barton's. Good news for those of you (like me) who are looking for an inexpensive upgrade. (Under 600 USD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPS Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 Hi Greg, I need your wisdom on this one. I just recently purchased the MSI K7D Master-L and was wondering how you rate it. I read some good reviews on it on www.2cpu.com web page , but I want your expert opinion on it. Thanks in advance. J. PS: Here are the specs: web page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 Seems to be a bit of speculation right now, that the 3000+ and 3200+ ratings for AMD chips are a bit optimistic, generally for performance in all benchies. However, the Pentium 4 seems to really need that 800fsb to take the crown, off of the AMD chips in performance benchmarks. Plus the fact, that Intel solutions never give you the upgrade options for mobos as old as A7M-266D. I am sorry i did not buy one now, over a year ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted May 30, 2003 Author Share Posted May 30, 2003 JPS, Its a good board. It has its peculiarities as with any board on the market, which you can find out more about at www.2cpu.com's forums. Gare, Ya I agree about AMD's PR ratings. They've gotten a bit more...aggressive with them. The older pre tbred ratings were much more realistic in their speed comparisons. I won't even get into the new opteron naming scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Nicholas Lazaro Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 sorry to highjack the thread but I have the same motherboard and need to upgrade my RAM. Greg, A7M266-D mobo I want to buy 2GB ( 2 x 1gb )of unregistered ram which one should I go for. The manual says 2GB unbuffered PC2100 ECC / PC1600 ECC / non-ECC DDR DIMM can you suggest a Brand, Serial No and Website thanks, mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted May 31, 2003 Author Share Posted May 31, 2003 If you buy unbuffered ram, you will ONLY be able to use two dimm slots. If you later want to use 3 or 4 dimm slots, you'll need to chuck the 2 1 GB dimms you bought, and purchase all new REGISTERED ECC Dimms. With registered ecc dimms, the board has 4 slots, with unbuffered, it has a max of 2. And you can't mix the two types. http://www.mushkin.com/cgi-bin/Mushkin.storefront/3ed8c3a203661998273fc0a801030672/Catalog/5404 I'd pay the extra 10 dollars for registered dimms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Nicholas Lazaro Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 thanks Greg, That was fast, The link takes me to a page thats says the session has expired. Can you mention the product ID or give me a direct link regards, mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Nicholas Lazaro Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 thanks greg, dont bother i figure out what you were pointing me at 1GB PC2100 ecc registered regards, mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 Next AMD monster BOXX workstation: http://www.boxxtech.com/Asp/cf_ms2.asp?modelseriesID=27#170 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Another one: http://www.xicomputer.com/products/mtowerop.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 I also have this board and am running dual 1800s..... about time to move on up. Anyone have any good leads on 2600s or 2800s? Preferably in Canada. Gregs comment on the ram issue is a critical one. Even though 2Gigs of ram seems like a lot now, remember more is always better and it splits between the two CPUs >> 1G/CPU. I'm running 1.5Gs total and have had no problems, but I did buy registered so I could use all of the slots. 1G chips were rare and very expensive when I built this computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethace Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 1G chips were rare and very expensive when I built this computer. Especially 1GB registered DDR memory!!! Yeah, i know the feeling. I was trying to use ECC Rambus memory in mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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