AMD

[jray]

OK, what am I missing here (brain cells, maybe?) Why would an AMD t-bird 900 on an ASUS A7 sumthinerother which boasts 266 FSB, only go up to 133 FSB in the bios? And it would have to run @ only 100 (X 9) to be the rated 900Mhz? Where does the 266, or even 200 for that matter fit into this equation?

[Nixona]

Ok, the 200 and 266 FSB are simply the 100 and 133 FSB at DDR. The processors are still run at 100x9 in the bios or whatever, but it runs at 200 fsb, because of the ddr. With a T-Bird 900 you'll just be using the 100 fsb (200 ddr) You can, however run your memory at 133 mhz by setting the Memory setting to something like "System FSB + PCI Clock" which would equal 133 if you had the T-Bird 900. Make any sense? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif This is assuming you were talking about the Asus A7V133.

[jray]

Yes I believe that was the board- could you please explain DDR?

[scotter]

actually if you have a A7V133 you can run the memory and chip at a few diff speed memory can be set to 100 or 133
the chip you can set to 100/200ddr or 133/266ddr
or any combo inbetween http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif read your manual http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif lot of good info in there http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

DDR / Double Data Rate
regular only works on 1 phaze of the electrical signal.
DDR uses both Phazes the up and down for double the through put
so anything that runs at 100Mhz has the through put of a 200MHz part
oh buy the way Hello there Neighbor I live in lakeside http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif


[This message has been edited by scotter (edited 04-21-2001).]

[jray]

Hi there neighbor!

Thanks for the info, I knew I had to be missing something there. I usually build Intel systems, so I'm not up on current AMD technology, but they seem to one up on Intel. BTW, how much does DDR sdram run compared to standard sdram?