Introduction
Date 2003-10-09
Provider: Gigabyte
Author: BigMan
Editor: Princess Ammie
Gigabyte Ga7vt600
Nforce 2 is found here and there but what about Via Kt600? Well that’s tonites review object since we have this Kt600 board from Gigabyte. We are going to test nforce 2 vs this kt600 to see if there is a huge difference or not. Sisoft Sandra, Pcmark2002 etc etc will be used for testing. This board seems to be great with all the accessories but is it ? Well let’s get this show going to see how this board is able to perform.
About Gigabyte:
The success of Giga-Byte Technology has exceeded all expectations. With the commitment to upgrading the IT industry, Giga-Byte Technology built up a solid foundation upon the envisioned industry scale. These efforts have earned Giga-Byte Technology an eminent and widespread reputation, as well as the focus of attention and accomplishment around the world. With the respectable performance of motherboard business and global reputation along with worldwide brand awareness, Giga-Byte Technology is making steady progress to become one of the best total IT product providers in the world.
Specs on the board:
Processor
Socket A for AMD Athlon� XP / Athlon� /Duron� processor
Chipset
Northbridge : VIA KT600
Southbridge : VIA 8235(8237)
Integrated Peripherals
Realtek ALC655 AC97 codec Chip
Front Side Bus
400/333/266/200 MHz FSB
Memory
Type : DDR400(PC3200)/ DDR333 (PC2700) / DDR266 (PC2100) -184pin
Max capacity : 3GB
DIMM slots:3
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x FDD port
2 x UDMA ATA133/100/66 Bus Master IDE ports
2 x USB 2.0 connectors (support 4 ports)
2 x cooling fan pin header
1 x GAME/ MIDI connector
Expansion Slots
1 x AGP slot (8X/4X-AGP 3.0 compliant)
5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)
Rear Panel I/O
PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse
2 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x COM ports
Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) port
Form Factor
ATX, Dimension : ( 30.5x 20.0cm )
H/W Monitoring
System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
H/W detect and report for power-in voltage, CPU voltage, and Fan Speed
Support auto temperature detect and thermal shutdown function
BIOS
2M bit flash ROM, Award BIOS
Other Features
Xpress Install
Xpress Recovenry
EasyTune4
@BIOS
Q-Flash
Bundle Software
Norton Internet Security�
Norton Anti Virus�
Norton� Personal Firewall
Norton� Privacy Control
Norton� Parental Control
Norton� Spam Alert
GIGABYTE Windows Utility Manager
Adobe Acrobat Reader
The board:
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Really nice package which probably attracts alot of people at the stores 
On the back we find specifiactions as usual on boards from Gigabyte.
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Included in the package we have the driver cd which has several of Nortons security and anti-virus programs. There was also the back I/O plate, 2 SATA cables, 1 floppy, 1 IDE cable and extra USB and firewire ports. I find it funny that they have not included rounded IDE cables, most manufacturers use those nowadays.
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