Review of MSI's KT266A board...........

[classy]

Review of MSI's KT266A

Very nice, very nice indeed .

 

[Newbie77]

Sweet!! Too bad we weren't able to see how high the FSB would go.

 

[Xerin]

Thanks for the link, good to see the KT266a boards are finally coming out. Too bad the review didn't have more than the memory comparison to KT266 boards.

 

[stevens]

holy *&^% it overclocked a 1ghz to 1533ghz. That is amazing. I wounder what it will perform like when the fsb problem is fixed, but i would have to say i am not disapointed at all with these results.

 

[Xerin]

Here's another review of the MSI KT266a board. It is Chinese, but you can still see the benchmarks:

MSI KT266a

I have to say I'm disappointed in the MSI KT266a's performance. Anand's preview implied a larger performance margin, but it is almost identical to KT266 at higher resolutions.

 

[SpotDancer]

Thanks for the post!

I am probably going to purchase one of these KT266A mobos...........just dont know which one yet. I will continue to look for reviews of the different boards, and the software packages that come with them. MSI will be hard to beat I am sure!

BTW, Axiontech.com has already posted an EPox KT266A mobo on their website........it says, "call for availability." Price: $114.95. Unreal!!

I have a question also.....anyone?

Some reviewers continue to say that the CNR slot on the MSI boards is useless, that they would much prefer another PCI slot. Just what is a CNR slot anyway, and what is it used for?

Thanks for the input!

 

[Egrimm]

Sounds nice, maybe it's time to upgrade my KT133A board (also a MSI). Glad I waited and didn't buy their KT266 board.
They have had troubles with bioses before, my old K7T TurboLE couldn't adjust the vcore (was always 1,75 no matter what you set it to) so not being able to change something from the bios that comes with the board isn't exactly a new thing with their boards...

 

[ronein]

damn when and where are this boards gonna be selling?

 

[SpotDancer]

<< damn when and where are this boards gonna be selling? >>



Epox's website showed a shipping date of 9/28.........It is posted on Axiontech.com for $114.95, but says "call for availability."

 

[QuestionsandAnsweres]

places should start getting the epox in next week
(basically this week hehe)

 

[eGAK]

<< Originally posted by SpotDancer
Some reviewers continue to say that the CNR slot on the MSI boards is useless, that they would much prefer another PCI slot. Just what is a CNR slot anyway, and what is it used for? >>



Communication and Networking Riser
The CNR specification provides the PC Industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN, home networking, DSL, USB, wireless, audio and modem subsystems widely used in today's "connected PCs". The CNR Specification is an open industry specification and is supported by OEMs, IHV card manufacturers, silicon supplier and Microsoft.

One small step up for computing, from the worthless AMR