Epox KT266A Review Up

[Bozo Galora]

Here

 

[moocat]

link doesn't work.

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

website must be getting hammered

or the site sucks
hehehe

 

[Xerin]

Here's another.

I was leaning toward the MSI, but gotta say the Epox has caught my interest and will be cheaper to boot.

 

[Bozo Galora]

server overload

"too many people trying to access website"

(very thorough review BTW)

 

[moocat]

that link is a deadend also...

 

[Bozo Galora]

I just got in again.
171 FSB stable
1099/912 sandra mem (stock)
DDR 2400 cas 2.5

could have gone 200 fsb with better dividers?

If abit does that AGP/PCI "fix" option in their bios, then that will be the KT266A board to get, if you are an
absolute top performance nut.

 

[volfan]

Man, I'm so excited about this KT266A chipset! Just with the KT133A, they should fix bugs that came to light in KT266 and will be faster and have more room for overclockability! I hope we can keep these reviews coming so we know who the champ is.

 

[BD231]

Hopefully VIA has worked out all the tinny little kinks, this chipset looks like it's gonna ROCK!

 

[nortexoid]

bozo, those memory scores are for the o/ced version, not hte stock...

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

cool this was the board i was looking at. hopefully they can continue with a board the likes of the 8k7a

 

[Mem]

<< Now although this was a pre-release board, I didn't have any stability problems with it. I know you're all wondering about SBLive's! and compatibility, and I did try one - with great success. I wasn't able to find any problems. The board ran fine for the week that I had it. I will have a production board soon and really beat on it to make sure all is well. >>



I know somebody will ask .

 

[CraigRT]

Very nice looking indeed... I'd buy one!

 

[formulav8]

Yeps its look like my next board or if the Epox N-Force board is around the same price I may get it just for a change.

 

[astroview]

it's no Anand review, but better than the MSI ones I saw. Would have liked to have seen some Q3 benches.

I also think we need a new game to seriously tax our systems. I'm talking Doom3 guys Q3 is too easy now. heh.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

WoW! :Q

 

[Sugadaddy]

I think I just found out what my next board will be.


hmmm, Athlon XP 1.53GHz running at 166FSB.



Now I have to decide what I upgrade first: vid card or CPU/mobo?

 

[nV2a]

:Q

 

[AGodspeed]

hmmm, Athlon XP 1.53GHz running at 166FSB.

Sweet. That's the locked one, right. Who's the guy here who got his 1.53 to 1.8?

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

the shuttle board is already out

cheap to thikning about getting it. is shuttle usually a good brand?

 

[TunaBoo]

<< the shuttle board is already out

cheap to thikning about getting it. is shuttle usually a good brand? >>




no

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

oh heard that the kt266 board they made was good so was thinking this one might be to

 

[Sugadaddy]

<< hmmm, Athlon XP 1.53GHz running at 166FSB.

Sweet. That's the locked one, right. Who's the guy here who got his 1.53 to 1.8? >>




I don't have one yet, if that's what you thought...

The guy is Skrill (?) I think...

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

another review
here is another review, from the UK. same pretty much as the review above, except this one was only @162. they say at the end of the article there are reports of 182 or 188, i cant remember. lookin good.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Thats all I want:
171 FSB/Stable, hard drive fixed at 33mhz, so no data corruption - no bad sectors
wondering if titanium 500 O/C do 85.5 bus?????

Looks like the kt266A will bring me back to overclocking again