I want to know if is it absolutly necessary to have ddr ram with this cpu? I have 512mb of pc-133 RAM.
Athlon XPs and ddr RAM
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no it is not absolutely necessary, but it will also deter your memory bandwidth & other processings by around 20-40% (depending on what you are doing). Too big a performance gap for me *plus you will need a motherboard which supports the athlon XP processor with PC-133 RAM & most of those aren't very good.
i have a Athlon TB 1.4Ghz 266Mhz FSB and 768Mb (3x256Mb)PC2100 DDR Registered Crucial.
I have to say it has speeded things up.
I do alot of Audio stuff and ive noticed that alot of it goes straight into the ram therefore increasing access time. I also noticed that when i burn a CD, all of the data goes into the ram which acts as a Huge buffer.
If you work with big files then i would say that it is faster, atleast that is what ive found.
It also helps to have a 7200rpm HDD
I have to say it has speeded things up.
I do alot of Audio stuff and ive noticed that alot of it goes straight into the ram therefore increasing access time. I also noticed that when i burn a CD, all of the data goes into the ram which acts as a Huge buffer.
If you work with big files then i would say that it is faster, atleast that is what ive found.
It also helps to have a 7200rpm HDD
yup agree with the statements above 
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the pc133 ram and the xp cpu will work together providing your mobo supports the 266 fsb xp with pc133 ram, one such mobo is the Chaintech 7AJA2/100 (with the latest bios can go upto a 2000xp)...not a bad mobo...
basically your system would not be running at it's full potential.....it all depends on your situation, do you have a mobo that will accept the xp and pc133???.....or are you just thinking of an upgrade???
.......the pc133 ram and the xp cpu will work together providing your mobo supports the 266 fsb xp with pc133 ram, one such mobo is the Chaintech 7AJA2/100 (with the latest bios can go upto a 2000xp)...not a bad mobo...
basically your system would not be running at it's full potential.....it all depends on your situation, do you have a mobo that will accept the xp and pc133???.....or are you just thinking of an upgrade???
I would certainly not use anything but DDR if starting from scratch - but there's no reason, other than often weak Athlon XP compatibility of SDRAM-only motherboards, not to use an XP with SDRAM.
The memmory bus perfermance will certainly be compromised, as will AGP 4x mode for the same reason.
PS. I have a Thunderbird 1200 on a 200FSB SDRAM board - and it sure ain't as fast as it ought to be ... the price I paid for being too reliant on ISA slots!
The memmory bus perfermance will certainly be compromised, as will AGP 4x mode for the same reason.
PS. I have a Thunderbird 1200 on a 200FSB SDRAM board - and it sure ain't as fast as it ought to be ... the price I paid for being too reliant on ISA slots!
sabwafare2001 -- you live in Texas, and the US has just about the cheapest memory prices to be found! 256 pc2100 might only set you back about $50 (though prices are going up). Try the price offered at Crucial.c*m or have a look at pricewatch.c*m
yes it will work great ClubNinja, but will work double (pun intended) that great with DDR memory =)