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xCarne_Asada
11-24-01, 10:02 PM
Ok, Should I get new Xp for my Asus A7V133 motherboard? or should i keep my 1.3 TB?

I am looking into overclocking either of them, which one would be easier without having to mod anything?
PsYko420
11-24-01, 11:45 PM
Well its easier to unlock the thunderbird. But if you have the extra money and want those extra mhz go for it! Just don't ask how to unlock an xp it shouldn't be that hard to find lol.
(jk its a forum ask all you want)


SHABAM *edit*
]-[itman
11-25-01, 11:38 AM
Personally I'd say wait to put an XP in. Your TB should be a good chip for a while and if you wait you can either get the 2000+ if you have the $$ or the prices will go down on the lower XP models.
Sonny
11-25-01, 12:59 PM
Why not just clock your current rig higher? Get more speed from your current setup & you will have a faster system w/o the cost:burn:
oc jason
11-25-01, 08:24 PM
id stay with the tbird as it is not a huge improvement when you go to the XP. I mean i get some of the same benches with my tbird as do others with the XP. Some lower some higher
oc jason
11-25-01, 08:25 PM
same here
abb1
11-26-01, 07:06 PM
For an A7V133 get a T-Bird. I would not use an XP on a board that only supports it through a bios update. You are only looking for problems. Just ask a lot of A7M266 owners.
Abb
Hugo 59
11-26-01, 07:25 PM
I too would stick with the Tbird.

You'll be better off going with a board that was made with the xp in mind rather then trying to use one that is basiclly patched to support it.
Silver
11-26-01, 08:39 PM
I'd too would stick with the t-bird. Work on other things. My 1.4 is now at 1.748 and it tests out nicely.
GeckoBanzai
11-26-01, 10:09 PM
The XP just isn't that great an improvement over the t-bird to justify spending the extra ca$h. The price will drop as faster chips are released.
Silver
11-29-01, 11:49 PM
And here it is (hopefully) at 1.747
Silver
11-29-01, 11:55 PM
Well that did not work out too well. How about this, at 1747 I am getting ALU 4857/FPU 2401. Close to that Intel and am working on catching it.
SickBoy
11-30-01, 11:16 AM
I'd keep the Bird. 1.3 GHz is NOT slow (contrary to what some people, ahem, the blue and orange people, might have you believe) and AthlonXP support on a lot of motherboards is somewhat sketchy right now. An AXP screams for DDR memory, anyway.

My advice is to stick to what you have for now, and grab a 2 GHz (actual speed, not PR speed) thoroughbred and a DDR333 board around June-ish. According to the front page, that's when Thoroughbred (which is made under .13u process) should be available. I think, for high end TBird owners, that will be the first real performance upgrade.

SickBoy
Silver
11-30-01, 01:43 PM
Got the T-bird in today at 1.76, for testing only as it is not very stable and got the following:

ALU 4893
FPU 2424

MMX 9609
FP3D 12001

It will post to 1885 and after that I get bios boot block errors. This does not mean a lot to me as getting rid of 140 to 145 watts is necessary in order to go any farther. This does however give me reason to believe that I can go higher.