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Review: VIA KT600 / EPoX 8KRA2

by Tarinder Sandhu on 26 June 2003, 00:00

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD), VIA Technologies (TPE:2388), EPoX

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BIOS

A quick look at the BIOS now.

200MHz running without a hitch. It was kind of surprising to see that we couldn't run a 'System Performance' selection of 'Fast'. The board would constantly crash through benchmarking, even with some of Corsair's finest RAM at 2.8v. DRAM clock could be set to either 133MHz, 166MHz or 200MHz. The CPU's FSB clock went up to 250FSB. Voltage-wise, 2v on the CPU and 3.2v on the RAM kept it firmly within enthusiast territory.

These were the timings used at DDR400 speeds. About as low as they can go.

Note the Highpoint and VIA SATA RAID options. You're presented with a couple of pre-OS menus that you can toggle to your heart's delight.

Features, features and some more features !.