EDJUMACATE ME PLEASE!

[AKDUDE]

Ive seen posts that some Athlon processors (old ones?) will not work with a 266mhz front side bus.
Do all the new Durons and Tbirds work with a board that supports 266mhz front side bus? If not, which ones do, and when did they start making them?
Thanks,
Sorry for the stupid question.
AKDUDE

[jordan]

the old ones will work on a board that supports 266 (actually 133, amd runs at ddr on the fsb), it will just run at 200mhz bus speed by default, if you shelled out the bucks for a 266mhz compliant board, you would get way better performance by running a 266mhz chip on it! any asus or abit board will allow you to adjust the fsb multiplier, so it is a moot point as to which chip you have

[AKDUDE]

jordan (Mar 05, 2001 10:10 p.m.):
the old ones will work on a board that supports 266 (actually 133, amd runs at ddr on the fsb), it will just run at 200mhz bus speed by default, if you shelled out the bucks for a 266mhz compliant board, you would get way better performance by running a 266mhz chip on it! any asus or abit board will allow you to adjust the fsb multiplier, so it is a moot point as to which chip you have

Right, which is why I am asking, which chips are the 266mhz ones? I do have a board coming that supports it, so I want to make sure im not screwing up on the CPU purchase. When did the 266mhz chips come out?
AKDUDE

[AKDUDE]

OK DUH , I just answered my own question. Looks like the newer TBirds running at 1.1 up are availible with a 266 bus. Ouch, I didn't want to spend that much on a processor.
AKDUDE

[BigAir]

AKDUDE,
The 266mhz chips came out a couple weeks ago and are generally $10-$20 more than the 200 mhz bus chips. Does anyone know if these CPUs will work fine on an 8kta3? Thanks!

[Tomas]

Here in my area the prize for a 266bus is excact the same as the 200

[AKDUDE]

Big Air,
Should work fine in the 8kta3, as it is a KT133A chipset, and it does state in the specs its 266 mhz board.
AKDUDE