Nforce2 accoring to the manual. Max of 166fsb chips, maybe a bit more with overclocking.

ftp://ftp.fic.com.tw/motherboard/manual/socketa/au13/

take a look at the bios...

i have an asus a7n8x-x which support 200 mhz fsb , and i have an athlon xp 3200 with 400 mhz fsb (ddr)

if you can set the fsb in bios to 200 and multiplicator to 11 then MAYBE the cpu should work.

I don't think getting the 3200+ for $15-$20 is worth it. Just increase the front-side-bus and overclock it a little beyond 2200MHz and you'll get a little extra performance. After all the Athlon XP doesn't benefit that much from the 200MHz (DDR400) FSB. if it's unlocked you can lower the multiplier as said by Sammy.

The nForce2 will be able to deal with higher frequencies. I used to run my Athlon XP 1700+ far beyond 200MHz FSB without any problems 😀.

No, the fastest 333MHz FSB AthlonXP is a rather rare variety of 3200+.

On the topic, I really don't think it matters wether you have 3000+ or 3200+. When I upgraded from 2800+ (400Mhz) to 3200+, I barely noticed it. The things that run well will run just as well, the things that don't run well won't run any better.

I figured it probably wasn't worth my time.

Far as overclocking. I generally don't overclock my older hardware. I'd rather have faster stock hardware (although not the fastest in the case) and have it stable.

btw, the asus a7n8x-x don't tun stable at 200 mhz.

(Memory problem) yes the memory can handle ddr 400..

so i habe to lower the fsb to 191 or 183 and set the multiplier higher.

So the cpu runs at 2200 (183x12) mhz, but memory only at 183 fsb.

Or cpu and memory runs both at 191 mhz fsb.

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btw, the asus a7n8x-x don't tun stable at 200 mhz.

(Memory problem) yes the memory can handle ddr 400..

so i habe to lower the fsb to 191 or 183 and set the multiplier higher.

So the cpu runs at 2200 (183x12) mhz, but memory only at 183 fsb.

Or cpu and memory runs both at 191 mhz fsb.

Are you sharing your experience or directing that comment towards me? I have an A7N8X-X but, I don't use it.

this is my expirience.

my board has make bluescreens under heavy load.

So i begin to google and found that the problem is known.

So board does not work with all types of memory moduls at 200Mhz.
I think it was a probleme between northbridge and memory modules.

there is also a new bios which makes it more stable at 200mhz fsb.

But for me , i want maximum stability, so i do unterclock the fsb and now is runs fine.

The only time i get a bluescreen is when i try to benchmark network speed.