Henry Kuo van AnandTech heeft een review geschreven over de Soyo SY-K7VTA plank. Deze plank is gebaseerd op de KT133 chipset van chipset van VIA, en is in het bezit een 1x ISA, 5x PCI, 1x AGP en 3x DIMM layout. Goed nieuws voor de Abit en Asus haters onder ons (voor zover die bestaan...) is dat deze plank met multiplier dipswitches is uitgerust, en dus een waardig alternatief kan vormen. Helemaal perfect is het plankje niet aangezien de power supply connector wat ongelukkig is geplaatst en ook de hoeveelheid beschikbare FSB snelheden zijn wat minimaal. Gelukkig zijn dit geen ernstige zaken en hoef je, je niet te schamen om deze plank te bezitten :
With the SY-K7VTA, Soyo does not disappoint. With the pre-production of the SY-K7VTA we thought the KT133 solution from Soyo was not surprising at all - just a typical KT133 with no particularly special features. We were obviously wrong.
In barely a month, the retail version of the SY-K7VTA is a totally different contender in the KT133 motherboard market. It has great performance and outstanding stability. It also provides brings the ability to change the multiplier ratios, once a privilege of ASUS and ABIT owners only, to all hardware enthusiasts out there. Together with its competitive price, the SY-K7VTA is definitely one of the best choices out there.
When we reviewed KT133 motherboards three months ago, most of the time we ended up with "we still recommend waiting for the first wave of boards to be released and making your decision then, especially since the whole issue of unlocking the Socket-A CPU's multiplier is still up in the air." The first wave of boards arrived a while ago, with ASUS and ABIT coming out the winners. Now the second wave has begun, with the multiplier issue resolved, we see a much more competitive market out there. Don't be surprised to see more boards with multiplier settings and VIA 686B support appear in the near future. Stay tuned for more KT133 coverage.
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