VIA KT333 Motherboard Roundup - June 2002
by Anand Lal Shimpi on June 13, 2002 5:41 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Feature Comparison Table
Summary |
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DIMM
slots/stable
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Supports
Thermal Diode?
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PCI
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FSB
Speed Adjustment
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Voltage
Tweaking
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Overclocking
Results
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RAID
Controller
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FireWire/USB
2.0 Controller
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Audio
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LAN
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CPU
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AGP
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DRAM
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Maximum
FSB w/ 2 DIMMs
|
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|
|
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ABIT AT7 |
4/2
|
N
|
3
|
100
- 250
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
215
|
Y
|
Y/Y
|
ALC650
|
RTL8100
|
|
ABIT KX7-333 |
4/2
|
N
|
6
|
100
- 250
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
215
|
Y
|
N/N
|
N
|
N
|
|
ASUS A7V333 |
3/3
|
Y
|
5
|
100
- 227
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
175
|
Y
|
Y/Y
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CMI8738
|
N
|
|
DFI AD76 RAID |
4/4
|
N
|
6
|
100/133
|
N
|
N
|
N
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N/A
|
Y
|
N/Y
|
ALC650
|
RTL8100
|
|
ECS K7VTA3 |
3/3
|
N
|
5
|
100/133/140/150/166
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
166
|
Y
|
N/Y
|
ALC201A
|
RTL8100
|
|
EPoX 8K3A+ |
3/2
|
N
|
6
|
100
- 255
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
190
|
Y
|
N/N
|
ALC650
|
N
|
|
Gigabyte GA-7VRXP |
3/2
|
N
|
5
|
100
- 200
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
175
|
Y
|
N/Y
|
CT5880
|
RTL8100
|
|
MSI KT3 Ultra |
3/3
|
Y
|
5
|
100
- 220
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
180
|
Y
|
N/Y
|
ALC650
|
N
|
|
Shuttle AK35GT2/R |
4/4
|
N
|
6
|
100
- 200
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
175
|
Y
|
N/N
|
CMI8738
|
N
|
|
Soyo KT333 Dragon Ultra |
3/3
|
N
|
5
|
100
- 255
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
170
|
Y
|
N/Y
|
CMI8738
|
RTL8100
|
Here we notice some very interesting trends; overclockers should be happy
because every last one of the motherboards made it up above the 166MHz
flawlessly and most of the boards offer 1MHz FSB increments. Every single
KT333 board had an on-board IDE RAID controller, and the vast majority
offered USB 2.0 support.
For audio, the ALC650 codec was the favorite out of the group, followed by the CMI8738 (CMedia) and finally the lonely 2 channel solutions. And it's also clear that Realtek has the on-board Ethernet market in their hands as well.
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