Asus A7S 333 question (kind of dumb)

[SmokeDog]

Guys I was once computer literate but went back to grad school for a few years and have come out being computer dumb. Anyway, I have an Asus A7S333 motherboard which uses the Athlon XP processors. Is this compatable with all high end Athlon processors currently on the market?

For instance could I obtain an Athlon 3000 XP for it? Or would I be limited to an Athlon 2800 XP with the 333fsb? I have never seen any 3000 XP's with 333fsb for sale, or have I? ? ?

Anyway I know its a basic question, but I had to ask. I'm not planning on actually paying 500 dollars for a new CPU. But I realize that at some point in the future that 500 dollar CPU will be $120 bucks. I want to know how far this mobo will take me.

Thank you

 

[Auburn9698]

I think the A7S333 is actually FSB 200/266, memory bus 200/266/333 (i.e. up to PC2700 mem)

War Eagle

 

[tuesday630]

If you installed any of the new Athlon XP CPUs into that mobo, it would work, but you was have an unfortunate speed bottleneck. The mobo has a 266MHz front-side bus and the latest AMD's are 333MHz. Check out the nForce2 mobos.

---There may be more than one way to do it, but why would anyone want to remove the fur from a feline?---

 

[SmokeDog]

I don't really see spending hard cash on another motherboard just to get a few extra FPS out of the Athlon XP series. I'm just trying to figure out what the "max" CPU is that I wll be able to put on THIS system.

When I do upgrade motherboards it will be part of a complete new system built around the upcoming K8 chipset with the Hammer processor.

 

[tuesday630]

No problem. It will support all of the current Athlon XP's.

---There may be more than one way to do it, but why would anyone want to remove the fur from a feline?---

 

[Jaytee]

Max CPU for this board is Athlon XP 2400 or 2600 ( as long as the 2600 is the 266 FSB model).