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Review: ABIT KA7

by David Ross on 9 June 2000, 00:00

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Technical Details

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Chipset: VIA KX133
Optional Bus Speeds: 100 - 183
Multipliers: Auto-Detect (5.0x - 10.0x)
DIMM Slots: 4
PCI Slots: 6
ISA Slots: 1
AGP Slot: 1 (4x AGP, no AGP Pro)
UDMA66 IDE Connectors: 2
Manufacturer: http://www.abit.com.tw


The word Abit sends a shiver down everyone's spine who has ever overclocked a cpu, without doubt they are the best. Everyone loves them, they didnt release an Abit 1st generation athlon board, instead they waited for the VIA KX133 chipset. This board is a meer work of art. Abit have managed as usual to tweak every last bit out of this chipset, with new pieces being revealed each time they release a bios. Abit managed to corner the market with the UDMA 66 controllers on BX chipset motherboards, and also create the first dual celeron (and only motherboard)

In 1997, Abit released the first jumperless mainboard. Since there a lot has changed, and it is now in its third revision of this awesome feature. This function, the Abit Softmenu III now offers the overclockers more features than we could ever dream of. This includes the ability to alter both voltage and bus speeds without touching a jumper or opening the case. With the birth of this board came the worldwide urge to overclock!

The expansion features of this board are very large, there is a massive 6 PCI slots for maximum PCI expansion. There is no lame AMR port which no one wants nor needs, unless you gamers want a higher ping, there is a large lack of the AMR uses!