KT 133A Based Motherboards

Will any of the kt133a based motherboards (more specifically my ms-6330 k7t turbo 2 v5.0) be able to support the new athlon x'ps (2600+ & 2400+)? or is the kt133a chipset and sdram too slow and old for  them?

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Dunno if the support them, but i do know that it's not that smart to use, let's say a xp 2600+ on a 133A based board with SD-Ram, that just too slow and you would bring the xp down in preformance, i think..
Yeah right! Only in specific memory-benchmarks like Sandra is DDR 50-60 % faster than SDRAM , but in things like 3d games its only 10-15 % ,especially on high quality KT133A boards like K7T Turbo 2 , I am looking forward to XP 2600 on my K7 T Turbo 2 with 1 gb of KINGMAX PC-150  :P  

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