Verschillende reviewers zijn de afgelopen dagen druk bezig geweest en hebben een flinke stapel reviews geproduceerd over de VIA KT266A chipset. Deze chipset is qua features gelijk aan de oude KT266, maar aan de geheugencontroller heeft VIA wel het nodige getweaked. En met succes zo blijkt uit talloze benchmarks; de KT266A weet de KT266 overtuigend voorbij te rennen. Ook de AMD760, voorheen de snelste Socket A chipset, moet zijn meerdere erkennen in de KT266A. In Business Winstone 2001 weet de KT266A bijvoorbeeld een score van 60,4 neer te zetten tegen 54,6 en 52,7 voor de AMD760 respectievelijk de KT266.
De conclusies van alle reviews zijn dan ook erg positief:
The bottom line is this: The KT266A is going to be a serious player in the AMD market when and if VIA makes it work. From the sample we tested here, we know it works. Now if all the mainboard makers can buy ones that work as good as ours, things are going to be looking up for the DIYs, the OCers, and the PC Enthusiasts for Christmas. (HardOCP)
After running a shortcut from SDRAM to DDR to satisfy the needs of the market and cutting a few corners, VIA is back with a vengeance. By no means is the older KT266 chipset a bad performer, however, with a maximum supported burst-length of 4 quadwords, the KT266 is not really in a position to utilize the full potential of DDR. (LostCircuits)
What can I say to wrap this up? I am simply stunned, shocked and amazed. VIA didn’t make to much fuss about the build up to the unveiling of the KT266A and seemed to have kept it very quiet. Undoubtedly VIA have created the fastest socket A chipset to date and I cant see this changing anytime soon. (LegionHardware)
There is no doubt that VIA's Apollo KT266A chipset has become the most attractive Athlon platform to date. (THG)
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