Any Mobo's with a FSB Div 6 Divider?

[Gandelf]

As title really....

Are there any boards available that will allow a FSB div 6 pci speed?

If there are - is there any proof...

Gandelf

[SteveI]

I have no proof of anything... I've heard some KT400 boards supposedly have them... one of the new Abits come to mind. But, I don't put much faith in them... I've also heard the divider is there but not functional and maybe a bios update (that doesn't exist yet) could fix it for the same Abit board.

Not much to go on.

[K6-III]

Your best bet will probably be an NFORCE board with PCI lock. AGP speed would then be a normal ratio to the PCI and all would be well...

[whatever]

Gandelf, why look for 1/6 divider?..
u'll sacrifice performance for it..
though your thang will keep in spec...if you gonna do 200FSB..
If you're looking for performance, seek for AGP divider as well..
Mine does 193FSB running@ 48.25mhz PCI and 96.5mhz AGP & AGP video@ 4X on an Abit KR7A. I can play games all day, no prob... no hiccups... The performance is marvelous.

[Gandelf]

Originally posted by whatever
Gandelf, why look for 1/6 divider?..
u'll sacrifice performance for it..
though your thang will keep in spec...if you gonna do 200FSB..
If you're looking for performance, seek for AGP divider as well..
Mine does 193FSB running@ 48.25mhz PCI and 96.5mhz AGP & AGP video@ 4X on an Abit KR7A. I can play games all day, no prob... no hiccups... The performance is marvelous.

Mine will go higher, but I don't like the look of video tearing, I'm sure it will do my GF4Ti no good. I'd rather run at 10 x 230ish than 11 x 215.

http://www.btinternet.com/~connorm/2222/215ram.jpg

@11 x Multiplier

@SteveI - Cheers, I'll download the bios and have a direct look at it.

Gandelf

[BMM]

IIRC ABIT AT7 Max2 has the 1/6 Divider...

[emtp563]

The shipping bios has the 1/6 divider, but the current bios revision has it removed. Abit states the KT400 chipset does not support it :-( Maybe the the chipset that should have been KT400 will! This piece of **** VIA just released should be KT333A, not KT400.

[whatever]

I'd rather run at 10 x 230ish than 11 x 215.

hmm... whether it's with the 1/6 divider or not, FSB is FSB... the ram still has to run at the clockspeed of 230mhz FSB. I don't think that is do-a-ble atm. I bet ya you will not hit 230FSB with current RAM out there. Besides.. when you run to that level(or even near) of FSB, not only your system will lock up but will see video tears/ artifacts all over in many games including 3Dmark.

[Deanril]

Nforce2 run your ram at 133(266dddr) and run the fsb up, and keep the agp/pci at 66/33.

What will this do?? At 133 fsb its around 2.2 gb of useable bandwidth, so it will use what your ram is giving, but the Dual channel ddr nforce2 has 5.3 gb of bandwidth available, only 2.2 useable at 133. So up the fsb as far as it can go, lets say 200 fsb, now you can use 3.2 gb of the 5.3 gb available, but leaving your ram at 133(266 ddr).

The nfoce2 has the capability of letting you adjust fsb/mem/pci independantly, no need for a divider. If you use the onboard graphics gf4 mx, then by all means pump up the ram as far as possible it will make the onboard much faster, but if your using a card, the there is absolutely no need. Hell you could use elcheapo DDR at 133.