EPoX 8K9A2+ KT400

Vr-zone har testet det seneste Epox bundkort nemlig 8K92A+
som er lavet på VIA KT 400 chipsettet, dette nye kort understøtter 333MHz FSB Athlon XP,
DDR400,AGP8X og Serial ATA.





Lidt info om kortet :

CPU Socket A for AMD Athlon/XP/Duron

Chipset Northbridge: VIA KT400
Southbridge: VIA VT8235

FSB 200/266/333Mhz

Form Factor ATX form factor, (30.5 x 24.5 cm)

Bus Speeds 100 - 255MHz

Memory 3 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots Up to 3GB

Multiplier Up to 13x

Voltages VCore up to 2.0V
VMem 2.5 - 3.2V

Expansion Slots 1 AGP Slot
6 PCI Slots

Fan Connectors 3 (1 CPU, 2 Chassis)

Onboard IDE/SCS Dual channel bus master IDE supporting up to 4
IDE devices ATA/133/100/66/
HightPoint HPT372 ATA-133 RAID Controller
supporting up to 4 hard drives
Silicon Image Sil3112A supporting up to 2 SATA
devices

Integrated Components Realtek ALC650 AC'97 CODEC
VIA VT6103 10/100MB LAN
Onboard Debug LED






Vr-zone skriver bl.a :

VIA has introduced their KT400 chipset just last month where many hardware enthusiasts
have been awaiting patiently for the boards based on that chipset to arrive in
the market. The main attractions for the KT400 chipset are the much touted AGP 8X
interface and the DDR400 support that of course theoretically should improve
system performance. However, the true hard fact is that even having an AGP 8X card
on an AGP 8X enabled board doesn't help much in improving performance for now therefore
manufacturers have to rely on the DDR400 support to improve performance.
Unfortunately, the board manufacturers are faced with another problem that VIA and
SiS have announced not to include DDR400 support in their chipsets much due to the
inconsistencies of the different brands of DDR400 SDRAM in the market. Anyway it doesn't
stop manufacturers from adding DDR400 support into their KT400 boards and include new features
like Serial ATA interface onto their boards to make their boards more attractive to consumers.


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