VIA KT333 Put To The Test: 18 Motherboards Compared

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Manufacturer Shuttle FIC Soyo Asus
Model AK35GTRV2.2 AN17 SY-KT333 Dragon Ultra A7V333
Chipset
Socket 462 462 462 462
Clock CPU (1733,33 MHz) 1735,43 MHz (+0,04%) 1732,50 MHz (-0,05%) 1733,13 MHz (-0,00%) 1735,72 MHz (+0,14%)
Clock FSB (133,33 MHz) 133,39 MHz (+0,04%) 133,27 MHz (-0,05%) 133,32 MHz (-0,00%) 133,52 MHz (+0,14%)
Northbridge VIA KT333 VIA KT333 VIA KT333 VIA KT333
Southbridge VIA VT8233A VIA VT8233A VIA VT8233A VIA VT8233A
Northbridge Fan no no yes no
Form Factor ATX ATX ATX ATX
Memory
Max. Speicher 4096 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB
DDR-SDRAM Socket 4 3 3 3
Standard Components
Dimensions (L x B) 30,5 x 24,5 cm 30,5 x 24,5 cm 30,5 x 24,5 cm 30,5 x 24,5 cm
PCI Slots 6 5 5 5
AGP 4x 4x 4x Pro 4x Pro
ACR / AMR / CNR no/ no/ no no/ yes/ no no/ no/ no no/ no/ no
Parallel 1 1 1 1
Serial 2 2 2 2
USB, external/internal 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4
Fan headers 4 3 4 3
Additional Components
Piezo speakers (on-board) yes no no yes
Wake on LAN (WOL) yes yes yes yes
Wake on Modem (WOM) yes yes yes yes
Infrarot yes yes yes yes
Sensor (Open Case) no no no Row 27 - Cell 4
Temp. Sensor (Socket) yes yes yes no
Diode Sensor no no no yes
Network 100 Mbit (Manufacturer) no no Real 8100B no
Drive Interfaces
Standard (IDE)Channels/Interfaces 4/ATA133 4/ATA133 4/ATA133 4/ATA133
Additional (IDE)Controller HighPoint 372 Promise HighPoint 372 Promise
Channels/Interfaces 4 4 4 4
SCSIController no no no no
SCSI Interfaces (68/50pin) no no no no
Channels/Interfaces no no no no
On-Board Sound
Type (PCI/AC97) PCI on Board AC97 PCI on Board PCI on Board
Manufacturer C3DX 6 Channel Real ALC201A C3DX 6 Channel C3DX 6 Channel
Interfaces external/internal 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2
Line, external (out/in/mic) 1/1/1 1/1/1 1/1/1 1/1/1
Line, internal (in/out/cd) 1/0/1 1/0/1 0/0/2 1/0/1
Setting Options
Setting Type BIOS BIOS/DPI BIOS BIOS/DPI
Multiplier/Increments (x) 5.5 - 12.5 / 0.5 Auto 6.0 - 14.0 / 0.5 6.5 - 14.0 / 0.5
FSB - Frequency/Increments (MHz) 100,133,166 - 200 / 1 100,133,166 / 4 100,133,166 - 255 / 1 100, 133, 166 - 230 / 20
VoltageCPU - Range/Increments (Core) 1.100 - 1.850 / 0.025 1.470 - 1.850 / 0.025 1.100 - 1.850 / 0.025 1.675 - 1.850 / 0.025
Memory - Range/Increments 2.5 - 2.7 / 0.5 no 2.5 - 2.8 / 0.1 no
Chipset - Range/Increments (I/O) no no no no
AGP - Range/Increments no no 1.5 - 1.8 / 0.1 no
Detailed Info
BIOS Award Phoenix (Award) Award Award (Phoenix)
Version AK35S20B VHB407 K7VXB-2AP1R 1006B BETA 004 / 1007D BETA 001
Date 03.04.2002 04.04.2002 08.04.2002 19.04.2002 / 30.04.2002
Board Revision 2.2 Unknown Unknown 1.01
Clock Controller ICS 94228BF CYP 640244 ICS 94229AF ICS 94228BF
Additional Tests (New)
USB Keyboard in BIOS yes yes yes yes
Thermal Protection (Thermal Diode) no no no yes
Boot (3 x 512 MB) Memory yes yes yes yes
GeForce 4 Compatibility Test OK OK OK OK
BIOS boot (approx.) 2 sec 17 sec (RAID can't be turned off) 2 sec 2 sec
Additional Info
Model Variations AK35GT without RAID Row 65 - Cell 2 Platin Row 65 - Cell 4
User Manual yes yes yes yes
Accessories 1 x Driver CD1 x User Manual (Board)1 x User Manual (RAID)2 x IDE Cable (UDMA-100)1 x IDE Cable (UDMA-33)1 x 2 Port USB Bracket1 x SubWoofer Bracket1 x Floppy Cable 1 x Driver CD1 x User Manual (Board)1 x 2 Port USB Bracket2 x IDE Cable (UDMA-100)1 x Floppy Cable 1 x Driver CD1 x User Manual (Board)1 x Board Bracket1 x Thermal Paste2 x Retention Bracket for Board1 x 4 Port Front USB, 3.5"1 x Drive Tray for 5.25" bay1 x SPDIF Cable1 x Sound Bracket SPDIF in/out 1 x Driver CD1 x User Manual2 x IDE Cable (UDMA-100)1 x IDE Cable (UDMA-33)1 x 2 USB Port1 Game Port Bracket1 x 1 USB Port 1 x FirewirePort Bracket2 x Cable for Bracket
Software Row 68 - Cell 1 1 x Norton AntiVirus 20011 x Norton Personal Firewall 20011 x Norton Ghost (normal, DOS) 1 x Norton AntiVirus 20021 x Norton Ghost 20021 x Adobe ActiveShare1 x VCOM AutoSave1 x WinDVD1 x Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader1 x Adobe Acrobat Reader1 x Imagemore Row 68 - Cell 4