nForce2 or KT333

[Crashman]

Of course you're right about the nForce2 being preferable to the 745, but as to your POS problems, that's an Asus feature. Compare the P4S8X to the Gigabyte GA-8SG667, you'll see that Asus is building a reputation as a company that doesn't care about the quality of their SiS chipset boards.

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[RCPilot]

Well I see what you posted, but I have the board. 400 is selectable in BIOS on my board. I looked in the manual after you put that link up & the selections for "Memory Frequency (Mhz) = [Auto] [200] [266] [333] [400] I did boot down & can select the 400, can't boot to it without a chip though. I can't boot the 333 either. Can boot to the other 2 though. Does mean I don't have support for the 400 or what?

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[Crashman]

I'd recommend getting the Asus A7N8X delux and 1 stick of Corsair PC3200. Upgrade later to two sticks if you want to play with dual channel. Everything will go easily for you if you follow that advise.

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[RevyGurl]

Just curious.. but is there something wrong with the XP1900+, as I see that a lot of stores seem to go out of their way not to carry it? There are some stores where you can get it, but most I've seen carry from XP1700+ or XP1800+ to XP2X00+ (missing the xp1900 in between). What's the deal with that?

 

[LancerEvolution7]

The price difference btwn the xp1900 and the xp2000 isn't significant enough, so they just sell the xp2000.

 

[lhgpoobaa]

nope. its just another speed grade.
Supply and demand i guess...
Demand for low end cpus (cheap) and high end performance ones, leving the mid range a bit bare... or they just could be low on stock. who knows.

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[paulj]

When you mention 400 do you mean fsb or memeory bus.

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[paulj]

Sorry I read too quickly.

What type of memory do you have that you can't boot at 333 or 400 speeds? Do you have 3200 RAM?

I think the 400 is no longer officially supported. Initially it was. However I don't know why they backed down on it.

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[RCPilot]

I'm running DDR 333 - PC2700. I'm also running the T-Bread 2400 @ the 133 setting. I had to set the 133 setting to get the 2.0 gig to show on the chip. I assumed that is where you set the FSB in BIOS on my ASUS board. I can't run the 166 because it pushes the FSB to high for the 2400. I know that I can run a 2600/166 on the 166 setting. I also assumed the 200 setting is for the 400 FSB Barton when it appears. I'm wondering exactly what it is now? I typed it word for word out of the A7V8X's manual & it shows that way in my BIOS.

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