Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Friday, December 14th, 2001- With several KT266A motherboards out there, it's difficult sometimes to pick the right one. Overclockers Australia recently took a look at the KR7A-RAID and discovered that not all motherboards are created equal. With intense performance and rock-solid stability, they dubbed the KR7A-RAID "... the current top choice among KT266A boards."
The KR7A-RAID's onboard HPT 372 controller impressed Overclockers Australia: "The KR7A-RAID is featuring the brand-new 2-channel HPT 372 ATA 133 on-board RAID controller...No other KT266A board is yet featuring ATA 133. The reason is simple: the current VIA KT266A Southbridge does not support ATA 133. By implementing the HPT ATA 133 RAID controller ABIT has managed to bring this feature in...We think it's nice to have this feature and sooner or later most people will move to ATA 133 as they moved from ATA 66 to ATA 100...Everybody seriously interested in RAID should have a very close look at the KR7A-RAID on-board RAID solution from Highpoint. It outclasses other boards with the Promise Fasttrak 100 Lite controller or the older HPT onboard version."
True to their name, Overclockers Australia had lots to say about the overclocking ability of the KR7A-RAID: "In the overclocking department the KR7A-RAID really started to shine and clearly outperformed the contenders...What we cannot show in forms of scores and pictures is the fact that the KR7A-RAID remained very stable through all our overclocking attempts. Almost every board is "stable" when running at stock specifications. The differences show when a motherboard is approaching the limit. We can attest that the KR7A-RAID kept its course firmly until the end."
The verdict? "The KT266A chipset is flying, and in the incarnation of the ABIT KR7A it's flying very high. The KR7A-RAID is feature-rich, outperforms the KT266A competition, and has huge overclocking potential. We regard the KR7A as the curren |
