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Optical High anticipation was the tone prior to the release of AMD's Pentium X killer, the Athlon processor. An exciting time for AMD fans in particular who finally saw their dreams come to fruition as AMD finally surpassed long time rival Intel with regard to high performance microprocessors.
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Soltek 77KV KX133 Motherboard
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Optical High anticipation was the tone prior
to the release of AMD's Pentium X killer, the Athlon processor. An
exciting time for AMD fans in particular who finally saw their dreams come to
fruition as AMD finally surpassed long time rival Intel with regard to
high performance microprocessors. But like many other products on the market,
regardless of how well it performs, lack of industry support means certain
death. In the case of AMD's Athlon processor, industry support by way of
motherboards was below par. Though far from "certain death", this situation
certainly caused a bit of worry for the people at AMD. Things were to look up
since then...
In came VIA, probably the biggest third party factor which
contributed to the support of AMD's brainchild. After months of tension in the
air, AMD and enthusiasts alike heaved a sigh of relief at the life supporting
chipset, the VIA KX133. Now without any worry regarding lack of Athlon support,
AMD has the backing of strong hands such as Asus, ABit, FIC and
others.
Also on this list is Soltek. Soltek has made the jump into the
Athlon market with the SL-77KV that we are reviewing here. We had the honour of
reviewing their SL-67KV motherboard earlier this year and found it to be an
excellent option for Intel Celeron/Pentium III users. Does Soltek keep up on the
quality which is found in their renowned SL-67KV? We shall soon
see...
Specifications
- Based upon the VIA KX133 chipset (VT82C686A South Bridge + VT8371 North
Bridge)
- Slot A Motherboard designed for the AMD Athlon CPU line
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Support for 500MHz - 1GHz CPU speeds
- 66 / 83 / 100 / 110 / 115 / 122 / 124
/ 129 / 133MHz DDR FSB's supported
- CPU Vcore settings of 1.5 / 1.55 / 1.6 /
1.65 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2.0V
- Dual BIOS and jumper settings
- AGP 4x
capable
- 3 DIMM slots for a maximum of 768MB SDRAM
- ATA/66 support
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1 ISA / 5 PCI / 1 AGP / 1 AMR
- Award 6.00 BIOS
- On-board AC97 Audio
CODEC
- 30.5cm x 19cm
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