A Closer Look At The Boards' Components, Continued
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1:05 PM - 04/30/2001 by
Frank Völkel
| Manufacturer | Gigabyte | MSI | Shuttle | Shuttle | Soyo |
| Model | GA-6RX | Pro266 Master (MS-6366) | AV30 (V11) | AV32 (V14) | SY-7VDA |
| Platform | Socket 370 | Socket 370 | Socket 370 | Socket 370 | Socket 370 |
| Northbridge | VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266) | VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266) | VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266) | VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266) | VT8633 (VIA Apollo Pro 266) |
| Southbridge | VT8233 | VT8233 | VT8233 | VT8233 | VT8233 |
| Form factor | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX | ATX |
| Memory | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum Memory (MByte) | 4 GB DDR SDRAM | 2 GB SDRAM or 3 GB DDR SDRAM | 3 GB DDR SDRAM | 2 GB SDRAM or 2 GB DDR SDRAM | 3 GB DDR SDRAM |
| SDRAM Slots | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DDR SDRAM Slots | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Standard Features | |||||
| Dimensions (LxW) | 30.5 cm x 25.0 cm | 30.5 cm x 24.3 cm | 30.5 cm x 24.3 cm | 30.5 cm x 20.0 cm | |
| ISA Slots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PCI Slots | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| AGP 4X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| AGP 4X (Pro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AMR / CNR | no/1 | no/1 | no/no | no/1 | no/no |
| ACR Slot | no | no | no | no | no |
| Parallel Ports | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Serial Ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USB Ports (external) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USB Connectors onboard | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| IDE channels (UltraATA/100) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Fan Connectors | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Additional Onboard Features | |||||
| AC97 Sound | Creative CT5880 | VIA-3058 | Avance Logic ALC100P | Avance Logic ALC100P | VIA VT1611A |
| External Audio Connectors
Line Out/In/Mic |
yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes |
| Internal Audio Connectors
(Number of Line-ins) |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Wake on LAN (WOL) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Wake on Modem (WOM) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Infrared | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Sensor for Chassis Intrusion | yes | no | yes | yes | no |
| Temperature Sensor under CPU | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Additional UltraATA/100 interfaces | Promise Ultra100 RAID | Promise Ultra100 RAID | no | no | no |
| Piezo Speaker | no | yes | no | no | no |
| Settings | |||||
| System Bus adjustable by | DIP | Bios | Bios | Bios | Bios |
| Frequency range for FSB | 66 MHz - 150 MHz | 133 MHz - 166 MHz | 133 MHz - 166 MHz | 133 MHz - 166 MHz | 66 - 166 MHz |
| 1 MHz steps for System Bus possible | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
| CPU core voltage adjustable | DIP | Bios | Bios | Bios | Bios |
| Range for CPU core voltage | 1.55 - 1.80V | 1.60 - 1.85V | 1.55 - 1.75V | 1.6 - 1.8V | 1.60 - 1.75V |
| 0.025V steps for VCore | no | n/a | yes | no | yes |
| 0.5X steps for multiplier | yes | yes | no | no | yes |
| Multiplier settings | 3.0x - 8.0x | 3x - 9.5x | no | no | 3x - 8x |
| BIOS and Revisions | |||||
| BIOS | AMI | Award | Award | Award | Award |
| BIOS version tested | 6RX F3B (14 MAR 01) | V1.0B10 (15 FEB 01) | AV32S279 (01 FEB 01) | AV30S017 (16 JAN 01) | 7VDA-2AP1 (19 FEB 01) |
| Board Revision tested | 1 | N1996 | unkown | unkown | unkown |
| Notes | |||||
| Clock Generator | HIP6021CB | Winbond (W83627HF-AW) | Winbond (W83697HF) | ICS 94227AF | Winbond W255H |
| Network Conncector (100 Mbit Fast Ethernet | no | no | yes (via South bridge) | no | yes (via South bridge) |
| Model variations | no | no | AV32 | AV30 | no |
| Bundles | |||||
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