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Torinalth
08-13-2002, 08:51 AM
hey guys, I'm to get an intel setup pretty soon. I was looking at the 2.26B and the Iwill P4R533-N, though it has limited overclocking. it as well as other 850s top off at 156 FSB. my question is, does anyone know of a RDram 1066 usable 850 board with 533 FSB cpu capabilities that will not top at 156..... or know where I can get a different bios for the p4R533-N.
Torinalth
TheDude
08-13-2002, 10:07 AM
The limitation is imposed by the onboard ICS 9250-37 clock generator. I don't think there will be a bios fix for that. You should be able run at 2.8 GHZ rock solid..not shabby.
Torinalth
08-13-2002, 11:33 AM
also not good. the CPU will scale much farther passed that when I use my TEC/water system a friend is going to fund for me, and I'm wanting to take full use of the 1066 RDram. so is there no 850 that can scale passed 156?
Torinalth
TheDude
08-13-2002, 11:54 AM
Not that I know of...but I AM AN AMD GUY...so I could be wrong. Intel 850E boards need a good PC800-A RDRAM so they can be run at PC1066 mode to get the best performance out of them to get your monies worth.
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Torinalth
08-13-2002, 11:59 AM
well poop. guess I might end up getting a gigabyte DDR based board now.... sigh.. will be cheaper anyhow. I already have the ram.
Torinalth
TheDude
08-13-2002, 12:14 PM
Like I said..I am an AMD guy and could be wrong. Most of the guys here are AMD, but there are several Intel users..so maybe they can confirm or dispute this?
Frankly, I like the idea of getting comparable performance cheaper and have been stricly AMD for the last 5 years.
TheDude
08-13-2002, 12:29 PM
http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020520/
Check this out.
Also you might want to research the Abit IT7 ....I know next to nothing about it yet.
TheDude
08-15-2002, 12:19 PM
How about Abit SR7-8X? supposed to have sis 648 chipset and 8x AGP support...goes to 255..I think
LOL look at the thread right below this one if it's still there.