As an independent motherboard tester for various computer stores i recently tested the via kt333 chipset boards for the athlon xp/duron processors, and as toms came to in their conclusion in may when they tested i believe 20 athoon boards this board is far and away the best board ive ever seen. It won every category of testing including arithmetic benchmarking,fps in multiple games, and overall multitasking and rendering. I liked the board so muc i actually went out and bought one for myself and have built a new pc with an athlon xp 2100 and i should say it is extremely fast and reliable. the overclocking is ver simple due to a program that comes with it called easy tune. The only board that came even close in any catgories was the soyo kt333 dragon ultra. so if your looking for the best mobo out there for an athlon get the gigabyte ga-7vrxp you wont regret it.