SUMMARY: Gigabyte has been in the business of making motherboards for quite some time now; since 1986 to be exact. They weren’t really a name that was held in high regard by Power Users, but with the AMD Thunderbird striking with such force, they have risen to the challenge and mass-produce several different varieties of motherboard for it. Come join Mike "Darthtanion" Wright as he delves into the workings of the Gigabyte GA-7VTXE motherboard. It uses the VIA KT266A chipset coupled with DDR memory, so let's see what it has to offer.
Specifications can be a bit dry, but its important to be able to see what is offered with this board so that we can make a valid comparison to others in its class. So here’s what we have in regards to the GA-7VTXE motherboard:
- CPU Supports AMD Athlon 700Mhz - 1.4Ghz @ 200Mhz FSB Supports AMD Athlon 1.0Ghz - 1.4Ghz @ 266Mhz FSB Supports AMD Athlon XP 1500+ - 2000+ @ 266Mhz FSB Supports AMD Duron 600MHz - 1.2Ghz @ 200Mhz FSB Reserves Support for Future AMD Socket A CPU's
- Chipset VIA KT266A (Northbridge) VIA VT8233 Integrated Peripheral Controller (Southbridge)
- Expansion Ports 1 PS2 Keyboard Port 1 PS2 Mouse Port 4 USB Ports (2 rear accessible, 2 via expansion bracket) 1 Serial Port 1 Parallel Port 1 Line In 1 Line Out 1 Mic In 1 Game Port
- Onboard Audio Creative CT5880 sound chip using AC’97 CODEC
- Special Features FSB and Vcore adjustable from BIOS Dual BIOS
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