The Test

In recent times, choosing a motherboard cannot be completely determined by a Winstone score. Now, many boards come within one Winstone point of each other and therefore the need to benchmark boards against each other falls. Therefore you should not base your decision entirely on the benchmarks you see here, but also on the technical features and advantages of this particular board, seeing as that will probably make the greatest difference in your overall experience.

Test Configuration

Processor(s):
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Processor
RAM (Performance Test):
2 x 128MB Smart Technology PC2100 DDR SDRAM
RAM (Stability Test):
1 x 128MB Corsair PC2100 DDR SDRAM
4 x 128MB Hyundai PC2100 DDR SDRAM
Hard Drive(s):
Western Digital 153BA Ultra ATA 66 7200 RPM
Bus Master Drivers:
VIA 4-in-1 v4.37 Service Pack
Video Card(s):
NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR
Video Drivers:
NVIDIA Detonator 23.11
Operation System(s):
Windows 2000 SP2
Motherboard Revision:
ABIT KR7-RAID Revision 1.0 - 6G (11/23/2001)
AOpen AK77 Plus Revision 1.0 - R1.06C (11/16/2001)
ASUS A7A266-E Revision 1.11 - 1009
ASUS A7V266-E Revision 1.07 - 1005 Beta 004EP
Chaintech CT-7VJDA Revision 1.0 - 7SID0A23 (10/23/2001)
DFI AD70-SR Revision 2.0 - 4B (12/29/2001)
ECS K7VTA3 Revision 2.0 - v2.0e (12/20/2001)
EPoX EP-8KHA+ Revision 2.0 - (11/30/2001)
FIC AN11 Revision 1.0 - VHA411
Gigabyte GA-7VTXH Revision 1.1 - M3B (10/18/2001)
Iwill XP333-R Revision 2.1 - 32404A (11/29/2001)
MSI KT266 Pro2 Revision 2.0 - R3.3 (11/30/2001)
Soltek SL-75DRV2 Revision 1.0 - K4 (1/2/2002)
Soyo SY-K7V Revision 1.0 - 2ba2 (1/2/2002)
Transcend TS-AKR4 Revision 1.0 - R1.10 (12/20/2001)
Transcend TS-AKR4 Performance Analysis
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  • Anonymous User - Monday, September 29, 2003 - link

    How do I get my Engine to Memory clock to run synchronous for my Epox 8kha+ board
  • xrror - Saturday, August 14, 2021 - link

    This was such an exciting time in PC hardware. Intel was still trying to cram Rambus down the industry's throat - and obstinately trying to strong arm the mobo makers and force chipset makers to Rambus licensing. We still had VIA, SiS, ULi, and even nVidia in the chipset market, and with AMD's Athlon line still extraordinarily competitive and Intel in full attack they could no longer just consider AMD as a side-show - this was their leverage against Intel and they had to treat Socket A as premium platform.
  • NegativeROG - Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - link

    I still have this board. AND, I invested all of a $10,000 inheritance in Rambus RDRAM. I'm smarter now (I hope). But, you are right about exciting times in the PC space. I navigated away from AMD for a bit, but came back, and will stay forever. Team RED!

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