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Follow UsThis Socket A board for AMD K7/Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron processors is based on a Via KM 266 chipset. It has support for both DDR and SD RAM, up to 2 GB. Other specs are: on-board S3 Savage 4 AGP with 32 MB shared memory, external 4x AGP slot, two PCI and one CNR slot, on-board AC97 audio, two USB ports with six more optional.
We tested this board with an Athlon XP 2800+, 256 MB DDR, 7200 RPM HDD on Win XP. The external AGP was an ASUS V7700 TI with 64 MB DDR. We compared it with the Jetway P4MFM reviewed in February 2003 (PCQuest, page 127), which is priced similarly. It scored well above it in Business Winstone and Content Creation Winstone 2001 benchmarks. The results indicate that the board is very good for regular home and office work and can also be used for heavier apps like Photoshop and Sound Forge. In Quake III arena, however, it was slightly behind the Jetway.
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Overall, a board with excellent performance.
Anoop Mangla