SonyDude
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Hey, i read through the "Via's KT133A Socket-A chipset: AMD 760 Performance without DDR SD-ram"
Ok, i understand his point of view showing the performance differences between the regular kt133, kt133a, & AMD 760 chipsets...
his final conclusion:
" It looks like although VIA was late to the game with a DDR SDRAM chipset for the Athlon, they do get the last laugh as the KT133A offers 95 – 100% of the performance of the AMD 760 without the added cost of DDR SDRAM. "
there's 2 things he overlooked and didn't mention... these tests were made using the current 100/133 fsb K7 cores...
however, 133ddr is 266mhz effective, hence the new version of the k7 chips are gonna be 266fsb ...
now, my point to be made is that the curtrent k7's (100/133) won't show any improvement using ddr sdram since it's not designed for it... (compatible: yes, fully efficient: no)...
When the new k7's come out with the 266mhz fsb core, I do think there will be a noticable performance increase... (266 fsb k7 on a 133ddr bus using 266mhz ram)
i think the kt133a is a mixed blessing... it's a slight improvement over the kt133, yet it has all the improvements in which the kt133 lacked due to shortcuts (kt133 = 100/133, kt133a = 133/133) ... (the features left out in the kt133 acording to anandtech)
...and should not have been compared to the amd 760 when both tests utilized the both the same current 100/133 & 266(133ddr) k7 cores. it just ain't the COMPLETE test, and an PREMATURE conclusion ...
I ain't dissin' the kt133 or kt133a, just the conduct of anandtech's comparison & conclusion...
any thoughts, and comments welcome!
Ok, i understand his point of view showing the performance differences between the regular kt133, kt133a, & AMD 760 chipsets...
his final conclusion:
" It looks like although VIA was late to the game with a DDR SDRAM chipset for the Athlon, they do get the last laugh as the KT133A offers 95 – 100% of the performance of the AMD 760 without the added cost of DDR SDRAM. "
there's 2 things he overlooked and didn't mention... these tests were made using the current 100/133 fsb K7 cores...
however, 133ddr is 266mhz effective, hence the new version of the k7 chips are gonna be 266fsb ...
now, my point to be made is that the curtrent k7's (100/133) won't show any improvement using ddr sdram since it's not designed for it... (compatible: yes, fully efficient: no)...
When the new k7's come out with the 266mhz fsb core, I do think there will be a noticable performance increase... (266 fsb k7 on a 133ddr bus using 266mhz ram)
i think the kt133a is a mixed blessing... it's a slight improvement over the kt133, yet it has all the improvements in which the kt133 lacked due to shortcuts (kt133 = 100/133, kt133a = 133/133) ... (the features left out in the kt133 acording to anandtech)
...and should not have been compared to the amd 760 when both tests utilized the both the same current 100/133 & 266(133ddr) k7 cores. it just ain't the COMPLETE test, and an PREMATURE conclusion ...
I ain't dissin' the kt133 or kt133a, just the conduct of anandtech's comparison & conclusion...
any thoughts, and comments welcome!