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Socket A Is Coming: Test of 10 Boards

1:04 PM - September 19, 2000 by Uwe Scheffel

1. Introduction
2. How Expensive Are Socket A Boards With KT133 Chipset?
3. Manufacturers Of Socket A Chipsets
4. The Features Of VIA's Apollo KT133
5. Unusable Features
6. II) Infrared Interface
7. Driver Installation
8. Problem II: VIAs Busmaster Driver
9. AC97 Versus PCI - The Audio Functions Of The Motherboards
10. The Motherboards In Detail
11. AOpen AK33
12. Asus A7V
13. Chaintech 7AJA
14. DFI AK74-SC
15. Epox EP-8KTA

Duron Is The New Star

Today AMD offers the best low-cost processor with its Duron . It outperforms Intel's Celeron by far and it is easy to overclock. The new Athlon for Socket A has no reason to hide either. At the same clock frequency it is still cheaper than its' cousin Pentium III.

You need the right motherboard for AMDs new Socket A CPUs though. At the moment the installed base is still rather small. For this reason we checked the features and performances of 10 Socket A motherboards with VIA's KT133 chipset.

Let us mention one thing right at the beginning: Not every motherboard is suitable for easy overclocking, but overclocking friends should have fun with our test as well.