VIA KT266A Motherboard Roundup - January 2002
by Mike Andrawes on January 18, 2002 4:48 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
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 |
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Processor(s): |
AMD
Athlon XP 1800+ Processor
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RAM (Performance Test): |
2 x 128MB Smart Technology PC2100 DDR SDRAM
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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
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Bus Master Drivers: |
VIA 4-in-1 v4.37 Service Pack
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Video Card(s): |
NVIDIA
GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR
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Video Drivers: |
NVIDIA
Detonator 23.11
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Operation System(s): |
Windows
2000 SP2
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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) |
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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+ boardxrror - 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!