Keefe
11-04-2002, 12:00 PM
Hot Hardware has just posted an article on the MSI KT4 Ultra:
With a 25% increase in available memory bandwidth over the KT266A being the only real performance enhancement of the KT333, it became clear that the added bandwidth had a very minor affect on overall system performance. We soon found that in most tests the 25% increase in bandwidth had an effect on the benchmarks ranging from 1-5% in general. So ,naturally, with the introduction of the KT400, were we a little more hesitant to becoming excited about VIA's successor to the KT333. Were they going to take us down the same path again? This time it seems that the answer is a resounding "no". While the obvious change is "unofficial" support for 400MHz. DDR memory, VIA implemented other design changes that should have an effect on performance versus the KT333 as well as offering up some additional features.
More @ Hot Hardware (http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/Motherboards/msi_kt4_ultra.shtml)
With a 25% increase in available memory bandwidth over the KT266A being the only real performance enhancement of the KT333, it became clear that the added bandwidth had a very minor affect on overall system performance. We soon found that in most tests the 25% increase in bandwidth had an effect on the benchmarks ranging from 1-5% in general. So ,naturally, with the introduction of the KT400, were we a little more hesitant to becoming excited about VIA's successor to the KT333. Were they going to take us down the same path again? This time it seems that the answer is a resounding "no". While the obvious change is "unofficial" support for 400MHz. DDR memory, VIA implemented other design changes that should have an effect on performance versus the KT333 as well as offering up some additional features.
More @ Hot Hardware (http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/Motherboards/msi_kt4_ultra.shtml)