[CoSD]Headbanger informeerde ons over de KX133 mobo roundup bij BXBoards. Andrew testte in totaal 6 plankjes: de Abit KA7, Asus K7V, Epox 7KXA, Gigabyte GA-7VX, Tyan Trinity K7 en de AOpen AK72. Hieronder een hap uit de conclusie voor je:
If overclocking is the priority, there can only one winner here, and that is the Abit KA7. It was the only board in these tests to even POST at 780/120, and while other boards had 120Mhz, none were able to use it with either of our test Athlons (0.25 and 0.18 micron). The Epox 7KXA and Gigabyte GA-7VX do very well in the overclocked tests, and were easily able to run the Athlon @ 745/115. Below 750Mhz, voltage tweaks made no difference to stabilty - hardly surprising as our 0.18u Athlon has a 750Mhz core. Most dissapointing was the Asus K7V (I was not expecting much from the Tyan as an overclocker!!), as it seems to have all the right attributes as an overclocking board. However, it could run neither of our Athlons past 695/107 - anything more and the board (rather gracefully it must be said), reset itself to a 100Mhz clock.
Speed-wise at 650Mhz the Asus K7V is a clear winner at both standard and 133Mhz memory clocks. Asus have done really well in eaking out more performance from thier boards in the past than their competitors, and it comes as no surprise to see them walking off with the non-overclocked speed award. Its just a shame the board doesn't like bus overclocking....
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