Changing Of The Guard: Four Athlon Motherboards For DDR400

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Manufacturer	Asus	Gigabyte	MSI	QDI
Model	A7V8X	GA-7VAXP	KT4 Ultra	KuDoZ 7X
Chipset
Socket	Socket A (462)	Socket A (462)	Socket A (462)	Socket A (462)
Northbridge	VIA KT400	VIA KT400	VIA KT400	VIA KT400
Southbridge	VIA VZ8235	VIA VZ8235	VIA VZ8235	VIA VZ8235
Northbridge Fan	yes	yes	yes	yes
Form Factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory
Maximum RAM	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB
DIMM-Sockets	3, DDR	3, DDR	3, DDR	3, DDR
Memory Type	DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered	DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered	DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered	DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered
ECC-Support	no	no	no	no
Standard Components
Size (LxH)	305 x 245 mm	304 x 235 mm	305 x 230 mm	305 x 244 mm
PCI Slots	6x 32 Bit PCI	5x 32 Bit PCI	6x 32 Bit PCI	6x 32 Bit PCI
AGP	8x	8x	8x	8x
AGP Card Lock	yes	yes	yes	no
ACR / AMR / CNR	0 / 0 / 0	0 / 0 / 0	0 / 0 / 0	0 / 0 / 1
Parallel Ports	1	1	1	1
Serial Ports	2	2	2	2
USB internal/external	2/4 (USB 2.0)	2/4 (USB 2.0)	4/2 (USB 2.0)	4/2 (USB 2.0)
Fan Headers	3	3	2	2
IDE Controller	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133
Additional Components
Piezo Speaker OnBoard	no	no	no	yes
Wake on LAN (WOL)	yes	yes	yes	yes
Wake on Modem (WOM)	yes	yes	yes	yes
IrDA-Port	yes	yes	yes	yes
Chassis Intrusion Detection	yes	yes	yes	no
Temperature Monitoring	CPU, System	CPU, System	CPU, System	CPU, System
Fan Status Monitoring	CPU, 2x System	CPU, 2x System	CPU, 2x System	CPU, System
100 Mbit Network Controller	Broadcom BCM5702, 1 Gb/s	Realtek RTL8100BL, 100 Mb /s	Broadcom BCM5702, 1 Gb/s	VIA Rhine III (VT6105), 100 Mbit
IDE RAID Controller	Promise PDC 20376, SATA	Promise PDC20276, ATA/133	Promise PDC 20376, SATA	no
Firewire-Controller	VIA VT6306	VIA VT6306	VIA VT6306	no
SCSI-Controller	no	no	no	no
Sound System
Type	AC97	AC97	PCI	AC97
Manufacturer / Chip	Realtek ALC650 (6-Ch.)	Realtek ALC650 (6-Ch.)	C-Media CMI8738 (6-Ch.)	VIA VT1616 (6-Ch.)
5.1 Surround	no	no	no	no
Internal Connectors	CD-In, AUX-In	CD-In, AUX-In	CD-in	CD-in, AUX-in, MODEM-in
External Connectors	In, Out, Micro	In, Out, Micro	In, Out, Micro	In, Out, Micro
Setup
CPU Config	BIOS	DIP/BIOS	BIOS	BIOS
Selectable Multipliers	auto	auto	auto	auto
FSB Range / Increments	100-250 MHz	100-200	100-280	133-150 MHz / 2-5 MHz
Voltage
Vcore Range / Increments	1.1 - 1.85 V / 0.025 V	+5%/+7.5%/+10%	1.1 - 1.85 V / 0.025 V	n/a
Vram / Increments	n/a	+0.1/+0.2/+0.3 V	n/a	n/a
Vchipset / Increments	Vagp (1.5 - 1.8 V)	Vagp, +0.1/+0.2/+0.3 V	Vagp 1.6/1.7/1.8 V	n/a
Board and BIOS Details
BiosVersion	1006-01	F4M	1.0	(1.1)
Date	September 02, 2002	August 22, 2002	August 22, 2002	Row 51 - Cell 4
Motherboard Revision	1.03	1.0	1.0	1.0
Boot Devices	Floppy, LS120, HDD, SCSI, CD-ROM, ZIP, USB-Drives, LAN	Floppy, LS120, HDD, SCSI, CD-ROM, ZIP, USB-Drives, LAN	Floppy, LS120, HDD, SCSI, CD-ROM, ZIP, USB-Drives, LAN	Floppy, LS120, HDD, SCSI, CD-ROM, ZIP, USB-Drives, LAN
Manual Interrupt Assignment	yes	no	no	no
Special Features	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Shared Interrupts	?	?	?	?
Clock Generator	ICS 94228BS	ICS 93738AF	ICS 93738AF	CYP 613242
Miscellaneous
Layout Issues	none	none	none	none
Model Variations	optional Firewire, RAID, LAN, Audio	Row 60 - Cell 2	Row 60 - Cell 3	none
Shipment / Utilities
Manual / Quality	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	n/a
Languages	English	English	English	n/a
Quick Setup Guide	no	yes	no	n/a
Cables	2x IDE-80, 1x IDE-40, Floppy, 2x SATA	3x IDE-80, Floppy	1x IDE-80, 1x IDE-40, Floppy, 2x SATA	2x IDE-80, Floppy
USB Adapter	2x USB 2.0, Game Port	4x USB 2.0, 3x Firewire	3x Firewire, 1x USB 2.0	yes, 4 Ports (USB 2.0)
Software	Asus PC Probe, PC Cillin 2002, WinCinema	Norton Anti Virus 2002, Personal Firewall 2002, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.05, EasyTune 4	Row 67 - Cell 3	?
Miscellaneous	ATA-to-SATA-Adapter	Row 68 - Cell 2	Bluetooth Module included	Row 68 - Cell 4