The A7M266 is based on AMD 761 chipset in ATX form factor for the latest support in AMD Athlon / Duron 550 MHz - 1 GHz+ processors. Such new chipset is ASUS's first Socket A... more
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A review by gman1981 on ASUS AMD 761 Chipset A7M266 - motherboard - ATX - AMD-761 June 8th, 2001
Author's product rating:
Speed
Very fast
Ease of Installation
Good - quick to install
Stability
Very stable
Value For Money
Good
Advantages:
Very stable
Disadvantages:
Quite expensive
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
I had recently had to make the decision on whether to upgrade my motherboard to another SDRAM board or to change to DDR. I decided that DDR was the way to go, as it is so cheap at the moment (same price as PC133). So, now I had to decide on one of two boards, the Gigabyte 7DX, which a friend of mine owns, and the Asus A7M266. Both were very similar to each other except the price, the Asus is a little dearer. However I have read reviews of both, and the Asus seemed to come with better software and was also said to have better overclocking abilities. This swung it for me. The Asus it was to be. This board has been better than expected; it is a lot more stable than my old one. It can also be overclocked a hell of a lot more.
The A7M266 is based on AMD 761 chipset in ATX form factor for the latest support in AMD Athlon / Duron 550 MHz - 1 GHz+ processors. Such new chipset is ASUS's first Socket A version to incorporate 266 MHz FSB and 2 GB PC2100 / PC1600 DDR DRAM capability in the x86 platforms. This marvelous mainboard features support for Stepless Frequency Selection, a new technology which allows CPU frequency setting to be set in 1MHz-increments and also Ultra-Fast DMA/100 data transfer, and AGP Pro/4X, etc. Optional upgrades are available for up to 4 USB ports, 3Com 3C920 100/10 Mbps Ethernet card, and Cmedia CMI8738 audio. The AMD-761 system controller features the AMD Athlon system bus, DDR-SDRAM system memory controller, accelerated graphics port (AGP 4X) controller, and peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus controller.
Expansion / connectivity
Expansion Slot(s):
1 ( 1 ) x processor - Socket A
1 ( 1 ) x AGP Pro
2 ( 2 ) x memory - DIMM 168-PIN
1 ( 1 ) x AMR
4 ( 4 ) x PCI, 1 ( 1 ) x processor - Socket A
2 ( 2 ) x memory - DIMM 184-PIN
1 ( 1 ) x AGP Pro
4 ( 4 ) x PCI
1 ( 1 ) x shared PCI / AMR, 1 ( 1 ) x processor - Socket A
1 ( 1 ) x AGP Pro
2 ( 2 ) x memory - DIMM 168-PIN
1 ( 1 ) x shared PCI / AMR
4 ( 4 ) x PCI
Storage Interfaces: ATA-100 - connector(s): 2 x 40pin IDC
I will have to apologise. I actually own the Hotpoint WT 761G, and not the bog standard WT 761 as the latter falls into energy efficiency category A+ the best for energy consumption and was a main deciding factor in making the purchase.
Bearing in... more
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