K8T800 Pro Chipset Review

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited May 2004 in Science & Tech
Hexus continues it's Opteron theme today by reviewing the K8T800 Pro chipset in the guise of a VIA 940pin reference Motherboard
As you'd expect, it's a VIA benefit right across the board, from discrete FireWire support to LAN duties. VIA's one of the very few firms that doesn't have to look elsewhere when bumping up the features' count. The block diagram on the previous page shows off VIA's new VT8251 southbridge. VIA's reference model uses the tried and trusted '8237. That means on-chip SATA support at the very least. As you are beginning to see, the K7T800 Pro is a minor enhancement over the incumbent model.

We'd expect motherboard manufacturers to go with the kind of layout VIA has done here. There's plenty of component action, thanks to a number of discrete controllers required to make up for the features' shortfall in the '8237, yet VIA's laid them out sensibly. If this was a production motherboard from, say, ASUS, it would get reasonable marks for layout.
Source: Hexus.net
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