VIA KT266A PREview (I think you will want to see this ;)

**Brent** · 09-02-01, 10:59 PM

Via just improved their DDR memory performance, by a lot, in the VIA KT266a chipset, the "enhanced" or "new" KT266 chipset, notice the "a" at the end denoting the difference...

check this out, read it all carefully

http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/chipsets/kt266a/

here's another one:

http://www.amdmb.com/article-display.php?ArticleID=116

and yet another one:

http://www.viahardware.com/kt266a_1.shtm

**downhill** · 09-02-01, 11:18 PM

Would this thread be something like

this thread?

**Brent** · 09-02-01, 11:28 PM

Yep, it is

I didn't see it before i posted this...

**downhill** · 09-02-01, 11:36 PM

LOL...no biggie. I was excited when I read them reviews also.

Quite a bit of difference in a lot of tests.

John, I wouldn't worry about it though. I'd let a few others test this new chipset. It's not like VIA has THAT great a reputation for getting it right the first time. LOL

**Brent** · 09-02-01, 11:50 PM

Originally posted by downhill
LOL...no biggie. I was excited when I read them reviews also.

Quite a bit of difference in a lot of tests.

John, I wouldn't worry about it though. I'd let a few others test this new chipset. It's not like VIA has THAT great a reputation for getting it right the first time. LOL

this is di fferent though

the KT266 is already there and proven, this is just a BETTER enhanced version of that already proven chipset

so far in all these reviews seems to work great

be more positive!

I love via right now, from their KT133A and UP things lookin good from them

**drdoug99** · 09-03-01, 12:47 AM

wow, thats definitely a fast chipset. I love it, things getting faster and faster!!

**Brent** · 09-03-01, 12:47 PM

the official word

http://www.via.com.tw/jsp/en/products/apollo/kt266a.jsp

**Brent** · 09-03-01, 12:54 PM

here are even more:

http://www.lostcircuits.com/motherboard/via_kt266a/

and

http://www.anandtech.com/chipsets/showdoc.html?i=1528

and

http://www.accelenation.com/?doc=67

and

http://www.legionhardware.com/Articl...o_KT266A_1.php

**velvta** · 09-03-01, 04:39 PM

What is this thing anyway, is it what controls the memory on the motherboard? Is it better than what's going to be on the abit kg7?

**Brent** · 09-03-01, 04:45 PM

Originally posted by velvta
What is this thing anyway, is it what controls the memory on the motherboard? Is it better than what's going to be on the abit kg7?

the KT266A is refering to the northbridge on the motherboard

and so far it's looking like mem bandwidth IS better then the AMD 760, so far it's looking supperior

of course Abit and Asus and MSI etc.. will make boards based on it, might be a couple of months though before we see any....

**velvta** · 09-03-01, 04:56 PM

Dammit...I'm already holding off on upgrading my mobo for the kg7...Now I guess I should wait even longer for one of these huh? Gonna be christmas before I get to upgrade

**Brent** · 09-03-01, 05:01 PM

Originally posted by velvta
Dammit...I'm already holding off on upgrading my mobo for the kg7...Now I guess I should wait even longer for one of these huh? Gonna be christmas before I get to upgrade

the call is yours

Technology moves at a lightning speed

it's never going to stop

by October it will be NVIDIA Crush Madness, by Christmas there will be the KT266A, Crush, and AMD's 761 leading the pak on the Socket A DDR front....

it will never stop, there will always be something else down the road

**velvta** · 09-04-01, 02:30 AM

What's this Cruch thingamabob and what's the AMD 761?

**Brent** · 09-04-01, 09:23 AM

Originally posted by velvta
What's this Cruch thingamabob and what's the AMD 761?

two more chipsets for DDR mobos

**MartialArtist12** · 09-04-01, 12:16 PM

Crush is a chipset from NVidia with on-board video, sound, NIC, modem. The SiS735 was pretty good and beat the AMD 760 but it just got beaten by the KT266a. However, both ALi and SiS are making new revisions of their chipsets, like Via did.