A7V266-E SOUND DRIVER

We've been able to empirically prove that Pifast thrives not only on pure CPU speed but also on memory throughput. There are no onboard video features but audio is included in the form of the C-Media CMI Hardware Audio Controller chipset that works in conjunction with the AC97 audio Codec and offers six channel digital sound when used with the optional add on card, which was not included with this board. We mentioned that the Asus seems to over-supply voltage at any given setting. We also disliked the inability to be able to turn the RAID controller off, this increased the boot up times by at least 10 seconds. We found it difficult to tell the difference between this and our Sonic Fury, praise indeed for the on-board solution. The scaling of the Asus at Mhz informs us of that. Another aspect to bear in mind is the relative running speeds of both systems when set at CPU defaults.

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The scaling of the Asus at Mhz informs us of that. Simply unplug the memory and away you go. I have yet to even see or hear of a market ready ACR slot product available so this is wasted real estate and should have been the home of a sixth PCI slot. Although preferable for overclockers, it certainly puts an emphasis on good cooling.

When set to 1. Asus have always impressed me with their presentation and the A7VE is no different.

VIA KT266A Motherboard Roundup - January 2002

This feature is quite handy if you push the board too far. Downloads Mobo ID Tools. Impressive results all-round Let's pay a visit to page 1 of our benchmarker's Bible and try the old favourite that is Quake 3. Part of Asus' reputation is built on producing extremely stable motherboards. Thu Jan 03, Our trusty synthetic friend, SiSoft Sandra, leads the way.

Strong performances all-round here. The Asus is close but not close enough.

Graphics card is a Hercules Prophet When I have a lot of firing going on, my fps drops to an abysmal level and the sound gets extremely choppy. Using our XP 13xcooled with a modified dual-fan Taisoland 1. Shifting large amounts of data from system memory to processor is the name of the game here, Let's see how they compare when racing to calculate Pi a7v266-ee 10 million decimal places.

Let's have a look at the results. We've been able to empirically prove that Pifast thrives not only on pure CPU speed but also on memory throughput.

We also disliked the inability to be able to turn the RAID controller off, this increased the boot up times by at least 10 seconds. It's the same as the KTA in all other respects.

Motherboard: Asus A7VE :: Features ::

This is well rounded out board that a7v266-w have everything but pulls ahead where it counts and comes out looking good in the long run. BIOS duty is handled by Award. In partibus infidelium, UK Registered: The fact that certain jumpers still have to be manipulated is a negative point. We ran the board continuously for well over 16 hours with Prime95 and SETI both taxing the system simultaneously.

Features and Installation Just a brief sund reveals that Asus have loaded the board with some rather nice goodies. We appreciate that little touch.

ASUS A7V266-E - motherboard - ATX - Socket A - KT266A Series

What was the best tech product of ? We liked the use of the C-Media sound chip, we also appreciated the quality of the manual and general appearance of the a7v26-e. This boded well for our overclocking efforts.

The BIOS itself is fairly intuitive and reasonably easy to navigate. Perhaps we're being a bit over-critical, but we've seen some truly excellent motherboards come through the door recently.

On-board sound is having something of a renaissance of late. On another note, my iPanel distorts CD playback when I press any buttons on it, but I believed that's a separate, unrelated sounv. Fitted with an all-in-one monoblock which matches the Gigabyte Aorus aesthetic.