VIA KT133A and Radeon

[MajinChewY]

My motherboard uses the VIA KT133A chipset. I have heard rumors of Radeons not working well with VIA chipsets.

I was talking with the owener of a computer shop and he says that the computers with Radeons and VIA chipsets crash repively in 3d aplications.

The reason im asking is because im considering getting a 9700 (not the pro).

 

[LancerEvolution7]

Its not VIA chipsets. Its just the VIA KT133 line. I would advise against KT133 + ATI Radeon. VIA KT266A line and above has no issues. I run an 8500DV with the KT333 chipset and no issues what so ever.

 

[phsstpok]

I've been using an 8500 and KT133A (Epox 8KTA3Pro) for several months. No stability problems in 3D games even when overclocking the video card. A few driver related issues from time to time, though.

Can't speak for 9700 but some early VIA chipsets, up through KT266 (don't know about KT266A and higher), had issues with AGP power. High powered video cards would give these boards fits. This is especially true of the old Geforce256 and Geforce DDR. Sometimes a beefy power supply helps.

9700 draws power directly from the power supply so you might be OK.

Which motherboard, brand/model, do you own?

<b>99% is great, unless you are talking about system stability</b><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by phsstpok on 01/29/03 01:15 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[MajinChewY]

asus a7v133

 

[socram]

i've an A7V333 and a radeon8500LE... i had problems in the beginning, my 3d games crashed and everuthing, until asus released their newest beta bios 1016.... that bios solve my problem.
also you have to make sure that you get 3.3v or above from your psu. b'cos 2.8 or lower instead of 3.3v or higher makes your system inestable.

 

[phsstpok]

I haven't heard anything about A7V133 + 9700 PRO, one way or the other, but then I really only follow reports of 9700 Pro with my Abit and Epox boards.

I've heard some success stories with Abit (KT7 and KT7A) but haven't heard anything about the Epox 8KTA3PRO which is where I would like the 9700 (or 9500) to work.

<b>99% is great, unless you are talking about system stability</b>