Anybody using a 2408 with a fast chip (933 or 1 gig)?

[cscapes]

Hi,

I am planning to upgrade my chip from a P3 750 to a P3 933 or 1 gig. I have heard rumours about incompatability issues with the 2408 and very fast chips. Can anyone confirm this?

Intel chip prices have dropped enough to make a 1 gig chip very tempting.

My system is an ASUS CUSL2C with 256 mb ram, Matrox G400 graphics, scsi card for cd rom and writer, Midex 8 midi interface, Win 98 SE with Win 98 Lite (to remove IE) running Cubase 5, Nuendo 1.5 and Wavelab 3.

Is anybody succesfully running a 2408 at these high speeds?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Andrew

[khamlin]

Andrew, you should look within this same forum under the topic "Motu's using PIII's and Window ME". There you'll find lots of discussion on this topic. Bottom line, the PCI-324 does have problems with fast chip sets. On my box it either locks the system up or reboots.

KH

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Khamlin,

I read the other posts, but I thought the problem was a Win ME one.

I installed the 1 gig chip today. No problems so far but I only noticed about 10 - 15% performance difference - using a real world test of using plug ins to max out the system. It's a bit disapointing to say the least.

I still have pc 100 ram so when I upgrade that to pc 133, the jump to 133 mhz FSB should make a difference too. I will keep you posted.

Regards,

Andrew