Max "benefit" with KT3 ultra 2 and XP 333 cpu?

The KT3 ultra 2 board is based on the KT333 chipset and will support an XP 333Mhz(FSB) processor, but I'm a little confused about whether I can get the max performance out of an XP 333 chip with this mobo.  I kind of remember seeing a discussion about this about a year ago when I bought my KT3 mobo and XP 1900+ 266(FSB) processor.
I guess my question basically is with a KT3 mobo and an XP chip with 333 FSB, which will be the "bottleneck"?  Or are they really running at the same speed?
Thanks,
Chris

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Originally posted by 1wingman
The KT3 ultra 2 board is based on the KT333 chipset and will support an XP 333Mhz(FSB) processor, but I'm a little confused about whether I can get the max performance out of an XP 333 chip with this mobo.  I kind of remember seeing a discussion about this about a year ago when I bought my KT3 mobo and XP 1900+ 266(FSB) processor.
I guess my question basically is with a KT3 mobo and an XP chip with 333 FSB, which will be the "bottleneck"?  Or are they really running at the same speed?
Thanks,
Chris
the benefit would be that you can run you cpu at 333 along with your ram at 333 no bottle neck!!!
but with the 266 fsb processors if you ran your ram at 333 and cpu at 266 the cpu is is the bottle neck!!!

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