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Title: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or not?
Post by ps47 on 21.10.05 at 17:28:46

I would like to buy a motherboard that supports both fast bartons and 3.3V agp cards,and there is one MSI KT3 ULTRA2 R motherboard available for purchase right now (local seller)..is it safe to buy it? will 3.3V agp cards work? (I know certain KT333 mobos dont really support agp 3.3V cards..)

thanks..

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 21.10.05 at 17:32:31

can't the EPoX EP-8K3A= support both things, like 3.3 volt / 1.5 Volt VGA cards as Barton 3K+

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by ps47 on 21.10.05 at 18:27:48

yeah,I know that,but epox is harder to find around here and I dont want to use ebay if possible (too much hassle if the mb arrives damaged or something.cant happen with a local seller,cause you just take the mobo back to him and bash his head with it when necessary)..what I wanted to know,does someone have personal experience with the MSI KT3 ULTRA2 R & 3dfx cards?

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 21.10.05 at 19:33:34

well If I remem Omega Supreme has that board and ran it many times with a 6K rev.A 3700 so I don't see the problem with the 3.3Volt AGP it has a universal AGP x4 so AGp x2 cards will fit so 1.5volt cards would work also.

abouth the barton support I'm not so sure, I can contact Omega Suprme for you, he has one of these mobo's ;) but then with an AthlonXP Palomino 2100+

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by omega_supreme on 24.10.05 at 13:58:12

Yes, it should work fine. Although I do not have this
specific model (I have the predecessor, ULTRA ARU),
this mainboard has been used by many v5 6000 users.
I believe even Amigamerlin used this mainboard, for his
card.

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 24.10.05 at 16:09:51

well there you are ps47, it does indeedly have a 3.3 Volt AGP allright ;)

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by ps47 on 24.10.05 at 18:35:47

yeah,but look at this (ctrl+F for MSI-KT3 Ultra2 R) ???

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by gdonovan on 24.10.05 at 22:35:15

Yes when I was testing that motherboard with a 5500 the bios only indicated 1.6v/1.7v/1.8v AGP voltage options so I would use care when trying that board.

Better safe then sorry.

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 25.10.05 at 01:36:19

hmm yeah you got point Gary, oh well anyways it's also safe to know for sure also ;)

MSI-KT3 Ultra2 R VIA KT-333 MINE DID NOT SUPPORT 3.3V!

That surely says it hehe 8)

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by jandarsun8 on 25.10.05 at 08:28:26

Kind of not really related to that specific board and know the boards I'm about to mention are old but I know that both of the ECS boards K7S5A and K7S6A will use up to a XP 2600+ chip and will run a V5 5500 just fine. The 5A will only support DDR 2100 but the 6A at least will run DDR 2700 just fine. Haven't ran into problems with them at all. Like I said, these are older boards and I don't know if you can even get them any more, but hope this helps some one out there a little bit.

Title: Re: MSI KT3 ULTRA2R-compatible with 3.3V cards or
Post by Obi-Wan_Kenobi on 30.10.05 at 22:47:23

every KT266, KT 333 board has thier own different aspects if it's ECS Ellite Group, EPoX, Micro-Star International or ASUS as examples ;)