Time to upgrade the ol A7V333 to a newer model. I've got one of the older
v1.01 boards so cpu upgrade is limited. I've sorta kept up but remember
reading about some chipsets on newer boards that showed less than desireable
characteristics. Can anyone steer me away from those chipsets. Guess I'll
stick with AMD cpu's still. I like onboard sound but of course will use a
newer 8x vid card, probably Nvidia.

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> Time to upgrade the ol A7V333 to a newer model. I've got one of the older
> v1.01 boards so cpu upgrade is limited. I've sorta kept up but remember
> reading about some chipsets on newer boards that showed less than
desireable
> characteristics. Can anyone steer me away from those chipsets. Guess
I'll
> stick with AMD cpu's still. I like onboard sound but of course will use a
> newer 8x vid card, probably Nvidia.
>
>
If you're going to use an Athlon XP CPU, I'd recommend a board with the
NVidia NForce2 chipset. My experience (limited) with five NForce2 boards
(from Asus, Epox and Biostar) has been completely trouble-free. Driver
installation is a no-brainer (insert CD and let it do it's thing), a far cry
from earlier VIA chipsets.
Favorites these days seem to be the top-of-the-line Asus and Abit boards
with a 2500+ Barton, because the 2500+ seems (in most cases) to easily
overclock to 3200+ speeds.
Be sure to get good quality PC3200 or better memory, so you can run at
200MHz FSB (11x200 for 2200MHz CPU speed = XP 3200+).