ECS K7VTA3 — VIA KT333 Motherboard Roundup
by Anand Lal Shimpion June 13, 2002 5:41 AM EST
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IndexDDR333: The Athlon’s RDRAMOn-Board Audio — No need for add-in cardsABIT KX7-333ABIT AT7ASUS A7V333DFI AD76 RAIDECS K7VTA3EPoX 8K3A+Gigabyte GA-7VRXPMSI KT3 UltraShuttle AK35GT2/RSoyo KT333 Dragon UltraThe Performance TestOverall Motherboard PerformanceOn-board Audio Quality & PerformanceOnboard Audio PerformanceIDE RAID PerformanceFeature Comparison TableFinal Words
ECS K7VTA3
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CPU
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Socket-462
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Chipset
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VIA
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Bus
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100/133/140/150/166MHz
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Core
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N/A
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AGP
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N/A
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DRAM
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N/A
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Memory
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3
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Expansion
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1
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Onboard
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Promise
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Onboard
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VIA
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Onboard
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Realtek
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If there is a single manufacturer in Taiwan that epitomizes the word OEM, it
would be ECS. After their acquisition of PC Chips, ECS quickly become a very
serious threat in the Taiwanese motherboard market. The sheer volume of motherboards
and the very low prices that they sell for make ECS a formidable competitor;
ECS has even forced ASUS to pursue a new low-cost motherboard brand of their
own in order to compete.
Because of their focus on shipping volumes of low-cost boards, ECS is generally
a strong supporter of SiS chipsets and thus we were a bit surprised to see that
they were ready with a KT333 board for this roundup.
The K7VTA3 features five PCI slots a regular AGP 4X slot and a single CNR slot,
again an indication of ECS’ OEM heritage. The board also features three DIMM
slots all of which can be populated without sacrificing stability. You won’t
find a fan on the North Bridge either, which is a plus in our book — less noise
and another component without any moving parts. There’s not much in the way
of overclocking features for this board, so a larger heatsink isn’t necessary.
The usual features are present on the board, including VIA’s discrete USB 2.0
solution. Despite of the support for 6 USB 2.0 ports (and the South Bridge’s
support for 6 USB 1.1 ports), ECS only outfitted the K7VTA3 with two total ports
and no external brackets.
On-board 10/100 Ethernet is provided by a Realtek chip and on-board audio is
driven by an Avance Logic (Realtek) ALC201A AC’97 codec. It’s a shame that ECS
didn’t use the newer ALC650 codec that offers 6-channel audio support with drivers
that allow you to remap the two remaining 1/8″ jacks on the rear of the
board to rear/LFE outputs.
To top off the list of integrated features, ECS outfitted the K7VTA3 with the
same Promise IDE RAID controller as some of the other manufacturers. A downside
to this feature is that the chip still only offers one non-adjustable stripe
size for RAID arrays (64KB).
Our biggest complaints about the K7VTA3 stem from its lack of any configurability
in the BIOS. There is no clock multiplier support but surprisingly enough there
are a handful of FSB frequencies that you can choose from. Voltage adjustment
is wishful thinking but the latest BIOS does offer proper Thoroughbred support.
The lack of any significant overclocking features is understandable considering
ECS’ dedication to the OEM market but we would still like to see them introduced
in at least an enthusiast line of boards if possible.
The K7VTA3 does not support reading temperatures directly off of the Athlon
XP’s die; instead it resorts to an external thermistor like most motherboards.
During our tests, we didn’t encounter any stability issues with the motherboard.
DFI AD76 RAID
EPoX 8K3A+
IndexDDR333: The Athlon’s RDRAMOn-Board Audio — No need for add-in cardsABIT KX7-333ABIT AT7ASUS A7V333DFI AD76 RAIDECS K7VTA3EPoX 8K3A+Gigabyte GA-7VRXPMSI KT3 UltraShuttle AK35GT2/RSoyo KT333 Dragon UltraThe Performance TestOverall Motherboard PerformanceOn-board Audio Quality & PerformanceOnboard Audio PerformanceIDE RAID PerformanceFeature Comparison TableFinal Words
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ECS K7VTA3 6.
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ECS K7VTA3 6.0
DescriptionDownloadsCPUs
Form factor
ATX (max 305 x 244 mm)
PSU connector
ATX 1.x (20-pin ATX)
Chipset
VIA KT333
Chipset parts
VIA VT8367 (KT333)
VIA VT8235
Dimensions
Unknown
CPU socket
Socket A (PGA462)
CPU platforms
AthlonAthlon XP
Supported FSB speeds
200MHz, 266MHz, 333MHz
Supported RAM size
2 GB
Supported RAM type
DDR UDIMM
Audio chipset
VIA AC97 (VT1612A)
I/O ports
1x
Floppy interface
2x
IDE interface
1x
PS/2 keyboard
1x
PS/2 mouse
1x
Parallel
2x
Serial
4x
USB 2.0
1x
IEEE 1394
Expansion slots
5x
32-bit PCI
1x
1.5V AGP
1x
CNR
Notes
LAN Realtek RTL8100B
Last updated 2022-05-02T09:54:41Z
Drivers:
2 entries
Language
Media type
OS Compatibility
Name
Version
1x
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT 4. 0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
VIA 4in1 Chipset Driver
4.43V
1x
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
VIA 4in1 Chipset Driver
4.35V
BIOS images:
3 files
Manuf.
POST String
Note
Core Ver.
BIOS Ver.
Award
07/19/2004-VT8367-8235-6A6LVE1HC-00
6.00PG
6.0C
Award
07/07/2004-VT8367-8235-6A6LVE1HC-00
6.00PG
6. 0B
Award
07/21/2003-VT8367-8235-6A6LVE1HC-00
6.00PG
6.0
Documentation:
1 entry
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User Manual
(English)
No CPUs listed.
No NPUs listed.
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