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Author: Michael (Oreo) Falcon
Subject: Motherboard
Manufacturer: ASUS
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Final Impressions
I have to admit I was skeptical about the chances of the Asus A7N266-C motherboard out performing the Epox 8KHA+. After running the Sandra Benchmarks I looked at the numbers produced by the memory benchmark and assumed it was going to be another day at the beach for the 8KHA+ motherboard and it's KT266a chipset. Well you know what they say about assuming. The clouds rolled in and the RED flags were flying as the threat of impending danger increased with every benchmark preformed.
The combination of Asus and nVidia has resulted in an extremely stable AMD platform that is not only economical but a contender for the fastest AMD platform crown. NVidia, known for their GPU performance, has paddled into the shark-infested waters of motherboard chipset manufacturers. With the nerves of the Big Kahana, the A7N266-C has caught a major wave and ridden it ashore.
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© 2002 Michael (Oreo) Falcon
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| -CPU AMD
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| 2600+ and below |  |
| 2700+ and above |  |
| AMD MP |  |
| Opteron |  |
| Athlon 64 |  |
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| -CPU Intel
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| P4/XE 2.4 & up |  |
| P4/XE 2.2 & down |  |
| Celeron |  |
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| -Memory DDR |  |
| -Memory pc133 |  |
-Hard Drive IDE (60G and lower) |  |
-Hard Drive IDE (80G and higher) |  |
| -CD/DVD/CDRWs |  |
| -nVidia video cards |  |
| ATI video cards |  |
| -LCD monitors: 15in |  |
| -LCD monitors: 17in |  |
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AMD Motherboards
XP:nForce2,VIA KT600
Opteron: nForce3, AMD8000
64: nForce3, AMD8000, K8T
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Intel Motherboards
Latest Chipset: 875P
w/Graphics: 865G
VIA: P4X
ATI: 9100 IGP
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