FIC's new KT266 pic

[sitka]

HERE

 

[AdamK47]

After using FICs very buggy and poor performing AMD 750 and VIA 133A based motherboards, I have lost faith in FIC. Perhaps their quality has improved since then, but I'll have to read a few reviews and hear from others before passing judgement on this board.

 

[fitzhue]

Wasn't the KT266 supposed to support pc133 and pc1600/2100 on the same board? This board only looks like it supports ddr, based on the look on the memory modules. Anybody know what chipset I am talking about?

 

[Geocross]

you are thinking of the asus a7m266, which supports DDR and SDR RAM modules. That board is based on the AMD 760 chipset.

 

[j@cko]

FIC's boards have not always been the power users' choice anyway.

 

[Boonesmi]

even if a chipset supports both pc133 and ddr doesnt mean motherboard manuf are going to implement both of them

 

[fitzhue]

Actually that board is not based on the AMD760. (notice the big VIA logo on the northbridge)
I'm pretty sure the AMD760 only supports DDR.

 

[raaboso]

The AMD 760 chipset ONLY supports DDR. The VIA KT266 supports both SDR and DDR RAM, however, manufacturers can choose to include only DDR or SDR sockets.

 

[Sugadaddy]

AMD 760 only supports DDR, and the Via chipset supports both.

BTW, the Asus A7M266 is based on the AMD chipset, it's the A7V266 that is based on the Via chipset

 

[sitka]

did I put up the wrong Pic. I'll go check. Chaintech has one of those two memory type boards due out soon as well

Huh, looks cool to me. VIA Northbridge, Ram slots little longer? notch looks a little more off center than SDRAM, but could be wrong?

 

[jamison]

I recently built a budget machine and used the FIC AZ11E motherboard with a duron 700. It runs great and have had no complaints from the person I made it for.

If your looking for a low cost machine I would go with FIC, but anything for my personal use or a power machine, I would go with Asus or Abit.

 

[sitka]

Not to spread rumors but initial engineering samples of KT266 vs AMD761 show AMD winning. That might be part of the delay. AMD no doubt wants the KT266 to be as good as it can be. If I find the test I'll post it. If not, flame for rumour mongering.

 

[raaboso]

I find that hard to believe since the KT266 uses a new north bridge <--> south bridge system that should speed up transfers quite a bit. Of course, you can never be certain.

 

[sitka]

That's Vlink isn't it?

 

[raaboso]

yeah, couldn't remember the name