Feature Comparison Table

Summary

DIMM slots/stable
Supports Thermal Diode?
PCI
FSB Speed Adjustment
Voltage Tweaking
Overclocking Results
RAID Controller
FireWire/USB 2.0 Controller
Audio
LAN
 
CPU
AGP
DRAM
Maximum FSB w/ 2 DIMMs
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
CMI8738
N
DFI AD76 RAID
4/4
N
6
100/133
N
N
N
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.

IDE RAID Performance Final Words
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