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Cypher2k
11-19-02, 08:19 PM
Does anyone know how much further they're going with the XP chip? I plan on making a motherboard/cpu/memory upgrade around Christmas. I want to be able to get plenty of use out of the motherboard (leadtek nforce2), but it sounds like I'll have to trash it once the new AMD chips come out. So anyway, back to my original question how much further are they going with the XP chip? 2.8 GHz? 3GHz? 3.5 GHz?
The Baron
11-19-02, 09:41 PM
Probably up to 3.5 with Barton or so.

Then we get Hammers. :D
Cypher2k
11-19-02, 09:56 PM
Sounds good! Thanks. :)
StealthHawk
11-19-02, 11:11 PM
at least another 6 months i'd say, Bartons will be carrying them in the consumer sector for a while before Hammer shows up.
Cypher2k
11-19-02, 11:14 PM
Thanks again! Very much appreciated.
ReDeeMeR
11-20-02, 11:24 AM
Cool thx, was wondering same thing, btw is Barton Nforce2 compatible?
The Baron
11-20-02, 03:51 PM
Yes, nForce2 is Barton/400Mhz FSB compatible, and supposedly it gets a BIG jump. :D
Cypher2k
11-20-02, 04:38 PM
Aren't all of the Nforce boards right now only supporting 333 FSB though? I noticed that they support 400DDR RAM but not a 400 FSB. I'm guessing the Nforce boards later on will start coming standard with 400 FSB?
Dazz
11-20-02, 05:48 PM
They unofficaly support 400MHz FSB infact the nForce 2 can't handle much more then that but few boards can anyway.
ReDeeMeR
11-20-02, 07:14 PM
Originally posted by Dazz
They unofficaly support 400MHz FSB infact the nForce 2 can't handle much more then that but few boards can anyway.

So it's a matter of luck, you might ghet 1 that "unofficaly" supports and the other that cant really handle that much. :p