12 Socket 370 Motherboards using VIA's Apollo Pro 133A

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Company Gigabyte Gigabyte IWill Lucky Star
Product GA-6VX7-4X GA-6VX7-1394 VD133Pro 6VA694
Slot/Socket Socket 370 Socket 370 Socket 370 Socket 370
Chipset VIA 694X VIA 694X VIA 694X VIA 694X
Board Type ATX ATX ATX ATX
Main Memory
Max. Amount 1536 MByte 1536 MByte 1536 MByte 768 MByte
Sockets 3 DIMM 3 DIMM 3 DIMM 3 DIMM
I/O
PCI/ISA 5/1 5/1 5/0 5/1
AGP/AMR 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
USB 4 4 4 4
IDE 2 UDMA/66 2 UDMA/66 2 UDMA/66 2 UDMA/66
Serial/Parallel 2/1 2/1 2/1 2/1
Fan Headers 3 3 2 2
Modem Via AMR Via AMR Via AMR Via AMR
Sound AC97 Via AMR AC97 AC97
Clock Speed Settings
Max. FSB 150 MHz 150 MHz 150 MHz 150 MHz
Vcore Alteration No No No Yes
Configuration via DIP DIP BIOS Jumpers + DIP
Evaluation
Stability Excellent Excellent Excellent Poor *
Features Good Excellent Excellent Good
Performance Excellent Excellent Mediocre -
Overclocking Standard Standard Standard Excellent
Overall Excellent Excellent Good -

* Board is a pre-release

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.