Asus is van plan om morgen, als AMD de 760 chipset en bijbehorende processors lanceert, de A7M266 aan te kondigen, het eerste DDR moederbord van Asus. Rojak Pot heeft echter vandaag al de press release online gezet. De A7M266 is een Socket A moederbord met AMD 761 North Bridge en VIA 686B South Bridge. Het plankje is uitgerust met een AGP Pro slot, evenals ATA-100 support, onboard geluid en een geïntegreerde 3Com 10/100Mbps ethernet kaart. De overclockers zullen blij zijn om te horen dat de FSB tot 360MHz kan worden ingesteld, hoewel dat waarschijnlijk geen realistisch haalbare waarde is:
The ASUS ® A7M266 takes the AMD Athlon/Duron processors to new levels of performance with DDR SDRAM support. Supporting up to 2 GB of DDR SDRAM, the ASUS ® A7M266 enables higher bus speeds, bandwidth and system performance. A 3COM ® 10/100Mbps Ethernet controller is integrated on to the motherboard to allow high quality LAN capabilities while optional 6-channel hardware audio is provided via an additional C-Media ® chip. In addition, the ASUS ® A7M266 supports the most current technology standards by including an AGP Pro slot for AGP Pro, AGP4X, AGP2X cards and a backwards compatible ATA-100 interface for ATA-33, ATA-66, and ATA-100 hard drive devices.
With the A7M266, ASUS ® continues to lead the industry with innovative motherboard designs. ASUS ® ’ A7M266 offers overclocking bus speeds of up to 360MHz (180 x 2) which can be effortlessly achieved either through Jumperfree™ Mode or manually with dip switches. Expandability features include 5 PCI slots, 4 USB ports, an AMR slot, support of up to 2GB of DDR SDRAM and more. Other features such as wake on LAN, wake on ring, hardware monitoring ASUS ® iPanel support, and an excellent software utility bundle combine to make this one of the most feature packed motherboards on the market.