Gigabyte 7VTXH+ (1)
Overclocker 24 Jan 2002
Gigabyte has always been quite aggressive in
its push for new boards based on new chipset. Recently, Gigabyte launches one of
the first boards that is based on VIA KT266A + 8233A (ATA133 support) mainboard.
This new product 7VTXH+ with ATA133 support (an improved edition of 7VTXH which
only has ATA100 support).
7VTXH+ comes with overclocking features e.g.
multiplier, fsb, voltage tweaking. This is unusual as Gigabyte boards were
always traditionally not so much an oc board. Well, in the review, we will take
a look at how far it can go.
In our tests, we used the AMD Athlon XP1500+
and ran it under the tightest RAM timings we could. It went through all the rigorous
tests at default speed. In fact, we stress the system further by pushing it to
150Mhz and above. We also managed to overclock it using an AthlonMP by reducing
the multiplier. Before we continue, lets take a look at the
package. It comes standard with a user's
manual, FDD and HDD cables, a support CDROM and USB card.. Below are the specifications of the
board. The subsequent pages will be the gallery followed by benchmark results
including SuperPI, Q3, DroneZ etc.
GA-7VTXH+
VIA KT266A AGPset |
PROCESSOR
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Socket A for AMD Athlon™/Athlon™XP/Duron™
200/266 MHz FSB processors
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Supports 500MHz ~ 2000+ CPU and
faster |
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FSB adjustable by BIOS up to
161MHz(no guarantee) |
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Supports CPU multiplier
5.0/5.5/.../12.5 |
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CPU voltage overclockable by
adding 5%, 10% CPU voltage |
CHIPSET |
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VIA KT266A system controller
north bridge |
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VIA VT8233A V-Link south bridge |
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Creative CT-5880 sound chip and
AC97 Codec |
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Realtek 8100 10/100Mb LAN chip |
MEMORY  |
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Supports PC1600/DDR200 or
PC2100/DDR266 DDR memory |
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Supports up to 3GB DDR memory |
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3 DIMMs of 184-pin DDR sockets |
SLOT
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1 x AGP 4X slot |
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5 x PCI slots support 33MHz and
PCI 2.2 compliant |
I/O  |
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2 x UDMA ATA 66/100/133 bus
master IDE ports on board |
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1 x RJ45 LAN port on board |
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1 x FDD, 2 x COM, 1 x LPT, PS/2
Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse on board |
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1 x joystick, 1 x line-in, 1 x
line-out and 1 x MIC on board |
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2 x USB ports on board, 2 x USB
ports by cable |
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1 x IrDA connector |
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POWER |
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ATX power connector |
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Power-off by Windows ®
95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP shut down and Switch |
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FORM FACTOR |
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ATX form factor, 4
layers PCB (21 x 30.40 cm) |
H/W
MONITORING |
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2 cooling fan
connectors |
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System health status
detect and report by BIOS |
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H/W detect & report
power-in voltage, CPU voltage and CMOS battery status |
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BIOS
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Dual BIOS, 2 x 2M
bit flash ROM, enhanced ACPI feature for PC98/Win98/Win2000
compliance, Green, PnP, DMI, INT13 (>8.4GB) and Anti-Virus
functions |
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IDE#1~#4, SCSI,
LS120, ZIP and CD-ROM bootable |
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AC recovery ON/OFF
control |
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Auto-detect and
report system health status |
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Supports @BIOS™ |
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OTHER
FEATURES   |
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Suspend-To-RAM
(STR) |
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Supports USB
KB/MS Wake up from S3 |
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Poly fuse for
keyboard over-current protection |
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Supports
EasyTune III™ and Q-Flash |
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DRIVER |
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VIA 4-in-1
service pack utility |
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RealTek LAN
driver |
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Creative
PCI sound driver |
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Hardware
monitor utility |
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