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Another VIA KT400 Based Mainboard

by Anna Filatova
08/12/2002 | 11:44 PM

The mainboard makers keep announcing solutions based on the not yet announced Socket A chipset from VIA – KT400. Last week a solution like that was launched by Gigabyte. Their mainboard called GA-7VAXP boasts the following specs:

Supports all Socket A AMD CPUs;
3 DIMM slots for PC2100/PC2700/DDR400 SDRAM;
AGP 8x;
5 PCI slots;
ATA-66/100/133;
Integrated IDE RAID controller from Promise supporting RAID 0,1;
8 USB ports including 6 USB 2.0 ports;
3 FireWire (IEEE1394) ports;
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet controller;
6-channel AC’97 2.2 sound aka ALC650 supporting SP/DIF Out;
DualBIOS technology;
Memory Stick, Secure Digital and Smart Card Reader support;
Overclocking friendly features;
Shipped with Gigabyte’s brand Q-Flash and EasyTune utilities.

I would like to point out that Gigabyte has finally started using the thermal diode integrated into Athlon XP CPUs. GA-7VAXP will allow monitoring the temperature with the help of this thermal diode.

The availability of the boards wasn’t touched upon.

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