AceAirman
08-20-2002, 12:06 AM
I heard some bad things about VIA KT333, that I never heard before.
Ok, I'm soon going to buy parts to update my computer. I was going to go with the following basic parts:
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
EPoX 8K5A2+
512 PC2700 DDR
Gainward GeForce 4 ti4200
But before I bought I decided to speak with one last person. This person works regularly with answering people's computer questions. It's his job. He hears a lot about who has problems with what. Figured he could give me advice as to whether or not I picked a good setup. He said that he does not have many people using EPoX boards and therefore does not know a ton about them, but he did say one thing very interesting: He told me the VIA KT333 chipset has a lot of bugs. He says that he constantly has people ask him about their boards with VIA KT333's ESPECIALLY regarding video cards. He says he encounters countless cases of incompatibility with the VIA KT333 and its bugs. He told me to get an Asus board with VIA KT266A. The VIA KT333 chipset came out in Feb. of this year. The VIA KT266 was September of last year I believe. The KT266A was launched later and was basically the 266 without the bugs of the KT266. He told me Asus boards are almost always stable. He doesn't recieve many incompatibility problems with these. Then he said get the Asus board with the VIA KT266A chipset even though it will only take PC2100 DDR; because this chipset is generally more compatible with more parts. His only other suggestion was to wait for a motherboard with the VIA KT333A chipset. I know little as to anything about KT333A, other than it will be the KT333 without the bugs and therefore be more compatible. I'm not sure when we'll start seeing it on motherboards and even after that it will be a little while before we see if all the bugs are truly worked out. To make a long story short :rolleyes: : Is this guy right, should I go KT266A, should I wait on KT333A, or is this guy wrong and I should go KT333 as I had planned?
Helpful Chart:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/apollo/KT333.jsp
KT266A is cheaper and according to this guy bugless compared to KT333. Too bad it doesn't support DDR PC2700. :( But really, is that really too bad? (by the time I'll update again DDR-II will be in, or maybe even something else, its not like I'll keep the same motherboard and chipset anway; even if I bought KT333 just for DDR2700) So partly for that reason I am leaning towards KT266A. Now obviously the KT333 is designed to perform better, I mean its the more up to date part, but the KT266A looks better if the KT333 really does have a lot of bugs. But just wanna see the good ol' SysOpt opinion first. This guy could potentially be wrong. So what's the deal?
PS- To all you computer part dealers here at SysOpt: have you ever had someone bring in a problem with the VIA KT333 as his chipset?
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Ok, I'm soon going to buy parts to update my computer. I was going to go with the following basic parts:
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
EPoX 8K5A2+
512 PC2700 DDR
Gainward GeForce 4 ti4200
But before I bought I decided to speak with one last person. This person works regularly with answering people's computer questions. It's his job. He hears a lot about who has problems with what. Figured he could give me advice as to whether or not I picked a good setup. He said that he does not have many people using EPoX boards and therefore does not know a ton about them, but he did say one thing very interesting: He told me the VIA KT333 chipset has a lot of bugs. He says that he constantly has people ask him about their boards with VIA KT333's ESPECIALLY regarding video cards. He says he encounters countless cases of incompatibility with the VIA KT333 and its bugs. He told me to get an Asus board with VIA KT266A. The VIA KT333 chipset came out in Feb. of this year. The VIA KT266 was September of last year I believe. The KT266A was launched later and was basically the 266 without the bugs of the KT266. He told me Asus boards are almost always stable. He doesn't recieve many incompatibility problems with these. Then he said get the Asus board with the VIA KT266A chipset even though it will only take PC2100 DDR; because this chipset is generally more compatible with more parts. His only other suggestion was to wait for a motherboard with the VIA KT333A chipset. I know little as to anything about KT333A, other than it will be the KT333 without the bugs and therefore be more compatible. I'm not sure when we'll start seeing it on motherboards and even after that it will be a little while before we see if all the bugs are truly worked out. To make a long story short :rolleyes: : Is this guy right, should I go KT266A, should I wait on KT333A, or is this guy wrong and I should go KT333 as I had planned?
Helpful Chart:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/apollo/KT333.jsp
KT266A is cheaper and according to this guy bugless compared to KT333. Too bad it doesn't support DDR PC2700. :( But really, is that really too bad? (by the time I'll update again DDR-II will be in, or maybe even something else, its not like I'll keep the same motherboard and chipset anway; even if I bought KT333 just for DDR2700) So partly for that reason I am leaning towards KT266A. Now obviously the KT333 is designed to perform better, I mean its the more up to date part, but the KT266A looks better if the KT333 really does have a lot of bugs. But just wanna see the good ol' SysOpt opinion first. This guy could potentially be wrong. So what's the deal?
PS- To all you computer part dealers here at SysOpt: have you ever had someone bring in a problem with the VIA KT333 as his chipset?
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