K7T266 PRO2 A DRIVER

Here we see the corresponding The version used doesn't detect the Athlon MP correctly, complaining of an unknown processor stepping code. I was a bit sceptical of its position at first, but, in my case at least, it seems to get the ATX connector out of the way very well seeing as though the ATX connector is the most bulky connector you'll attach to a motherboard and also the most inflexible making a poor connector placement an extra hassle. It may be a component in my setup, it may be a BIOS setting tweaked wrongly but I'm sure more memory performance is there to be unlocked. This board was installed fully in a case and since it shares the exact same mounting points as should all similar sized motherboards conforming to the ATX spec as the previous occupant of the case, the Abit KG7-RAID, installation was simple. Don't rely too much on your own manual tweaking on the MSI to extract all the performance. The KT is almost universally regarded as quite slow, hard to make work and it's generally unloved.

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You have to be pushing the current memory bandwidth limits on a previous chipset to really see the difference.

There are also 2 fan headers near the top edge of the board, to the left and right of the I7t266 slots. Next up we have POV-Ray. The notable additions include the USB 2.

With 3DMark testing overall CPU, memory and graphics performance and Sandra providing the synthetic numbers, we have pretty much all bases covered.

It's certainly eye catching, that's prk2 sure. KT has been soundly trounced by AMD in the performance stakes. The manual makes not reference to the procedure to enable a working motherboard if the SmartKey is lost you can oro2 a new SmartKey as long as you provide the correct password and the password is then copied to the new SmartKey and you enter the wrong password 3 times, locking the BIOS and the system completely.

Sandra Memory Benchmark 9 x Sandra Memory Bandwidth Benchmark 9 x So there we have them, the numbers most people will be looking for.

Aa certainly striking and with the gold Northbridge heatsink, I think MSI have tried to appeal to those who like to show off their PC's in the case modding world. Before we get to the benchmarks, let's take a look at the test system. But what do we get over the KT?

Introduction MSI were kind enough to courier me their latest, not-even-on-the-website, motherboard for review, the K7T Pro2. What was the best tech product of ?

Quake3 and 3DMark respond well to the new chipset giving us the broad impression that most OpenGL and Direct3D game performance will increase.

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All it can hope to measure accurately is the air temperature in the socket which is quite a big disappointment. X that shift a lot of data between main memory and the CPU will be the obvious benefactors with the KTA.

Windows 98, while having little testing on this motherboard, seems to be OK. And using the supplied WDM driver for the Live! Test software comprises the usual suspects, MadOnion's 3DMark and SiSoft Sandra current versionI've also added a couple of benchmarks you don't usually see, notably Distributed.

What a waste in my opinion.

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Load of room around the socket is always a welcome bonus. We'll be looking to add a Flask encoding run to future reviews if possible to illustrate the performance increases across a new chipset or CPU.

It also seems like the BIOS setup is critical. This means new motherboard designs using V-MAP family chips are quick and relatively painless to implement.

Taking a look at the picture of the motherboard and starting at the top, we can see that the ATX connector is to the left of the CPU socket, right in the corner. I'm very hopeful that a newer revision of the BIOS for the board will extract even more performance and bring things up to speed on this test setup.

A bad layout for me can be the difference between getting and ignoring a new motherboard, regardless of what features or performance it offers. I wish these extra connectors would run parallel to the vertical edge but that's only personal preference. Three operating systems, Windows 98, Windows and Windows XP were installed without any problems. Thumbs up to MSI and if they can sort out the small issues in a later revision, they can't fail to succeed with this board. Notice that SSE benchmarks are performed in this test.

MSI K7T266 Pro2-A - motherboard - ATX - Socket A - KT266A

I know quite a few reviews of motherboards are done outside of a case in the confines of a testing area. However, the extremely nice guys over at MSI were happy to work with us to try and solve our problems and a BIOS flash is finally giving us some respectable numbers. SmartKey is also a good value addition to the K7T Pro2 package. VIA Apollo KTA chipset Specifications Before we get our hands dirty in the specifications, remember a chipset is just that, a set of individual chips that work together to provide the services the AMD platform needs to function.

It's the little things all rolled into one that make the MSI stand out for me.