Advice From Pros Needed !!!

[Suah]

Hi there.Recently i've bought a new AMD processor with SDram and a ASUS A7V133 mobo.When i first fitted everything in on default settings,it showed a 750 Mhz ratings on startup.However,it was suppose to be a 1Ghz processor.The seller then told me to change the the BIOs settings "CPU Frequency" from default 100 Mhz to 133 Mhz.This caused my ratings to change to 1000 Ghz when i started up again.All this while,the CPU clock mutiplier setting remained unchanged at 7.5x.What is the problem here?Did the seller cheat me of my money?I was suppose to have a athlon AXIA C.When i checked the chip,the codings "AXIA and the letter C"was seen.It's suppose to be running at 266FSB.Does the "CPU Frequency"settings have anything to do with my 266FSB?Or is it related to my SDram which runs at 133Mhz?Another question.....With such a combination of mobo,processor and ram,can anyone advice me how to optimize the BIOs settings w/o o/cing?Mostly importantly,how can i verify my processor is a 1 Ghz @266fsb?Third question.....i'm thinking of buying a 3d card....can my mobo support a ddr 3d card?Any recommendations for a combi like mine?Any reply to my qns will be greatly appreciated...thanks!!

[asmodean]

No, the seller (propably) didn't cheat you out your money. Check the first line of the codes on the core, it says the speed there. It should be 1000. The CPU frequency you're referring to means the Front Side Bus speed, which affects the speed of your memory, PCI, AGP & all the other I/O buses.

The 266 just means the CPU is communicating with chipset at twice the speed that the chipset is communicating with the memory. DDR for CPU-to-chipset has in use in AMD's CPU since the classic slot-A Athlon.

A DDR 3D-card doesn't need any "special" support from the motherboard, it just describes the type of memory used on the card. Most modern cards sport DDR-memory.
As a side note, a GeForce 2 MX with DDR is NOT faster than one with SDR, as a DDR MX has 64bit memory bus and SDR has 128bits. MX is a very good card, considering it's price-performanence ratio & overclockability. I wouldn't buy one (now) to get the most out of my box, but your mileage may wary.

I hope this helps!

[ken257]

I had tested a AXIA 1.2gig(266) in my A7V133 and it came up as a 900 I think. I to had to go into the bios and set it. Maybe a future bois update from Asus will get this straightened out.

[Suah]

Will changing the mutiplier settings affect my cpu's performance in anyway?

[asmodean]

Lower multiplier+same FSB=less MHz, less speed.

[Suah]

What mutiplier(eg. 7.5x,11.x,etc)setting do u think is suitable for my mobo and processor?

[asmodean]

Quite impossible to say... Depends on your cooling, etc... It should do atleast 8x133 easily, without extra cooling. Trying is the 'salt' of OC :)

[Lummoxx]

I'm no pro, but I'll tell you what I know. :)

I have that CPU, and that Mobo, and as far as the multiplier and freq go, 7.5 x 133 for 1000 MHz is correct. That much I've learned.

As an aside, a couple other things I've been finding step by step, and day by day, there are new Via drivers on the Via website, new Promise drivers on the Asus website, and I can not use AMD-751 or 761 AGP miniport drivers on this Mobo. Hehe...

Good luck, I'm still trying to get my machine stable!

Lumm

[Goldwing]

ken257 (Apr 26, 2001 06:02 a.m.):
I had tested a AXIA 1.2gig(266) in my A7V133 and it came up as a 900 I think. I to had to go into the bios and set it. Maybe a future bois update from Asus will get this straightened out.

There is nothing that needs to be fixed in the BIOS this motherboard (and many others) are set-up to be "safe" when first started up. If you had a 1.2gig(200) chip and it started at 133fsb (1600Mhz) there is an excellent chance that it wouldn't POST so they decided to default the fsb to 100Mhz. The first thing I did when I fired up my new system was check each and every setting in the BIOS.