Sul sito Legion Hardware è stata pubblicata una analisi comparativa tra otto schede madri con chipset VIA KT400. Nella prova è stata inserita anche la MSI KT4 Ultra, che abbiamo consigliato come motherboard ideale per il sistema da videogiocatore medio nella guida alle configurazioni del mese(http://www.hwupgrade.it/articoli/732/1.html)
I test prestazionali sono stati eseguiti sulle seguenti piattaforme:
Processor(s): AMD Athlon XP 1700+
RAM: 512MB Corsair XMS3500 CAS2 Module
Hard Drive(s): Seagate 80GB 7200RPM
Bus Master Drivers: VIA 4-in-1 v4.43
Video Card(s): ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
Video Drivers: Catalyst Radeon 02.3 (7.76) Drivers
Operation System(s): Windows XP Professional
Motherboards: SOYO KT400 Dragon Ultra!
GigaByte 7VAXP
DFI AD77 Infinity
MSI KT4 Ultra
Shuttle AK37 GT/R
ASUS A7V8X
Abit AT7 MAX2
Abit KD7-RAID
Anche in questo caso i test effettuati sono stati numerosi per cui forniamo alcune indicazioni generali. Dalla suite di test la scheda ASUS A7V8X e la Abit KD7-RAID sono risultate le migliori motherboard a parimerito, seguite proprio dalla MSI KT4 Ultra.
"Generally, the boards were quite competitive with ASUS, Abit, GigaByte, MSI all performing very closely. Slipping off the pace a little was Shuttle with the AK37GTR, which did not have much in the feature department and an unknown price tag. As I stated earlier SOYO would be required to pull some big numbers to be awarded amongst this group and unfortunately the tests did not play nicely with the KT400 Dragon seeing it constantly second last in all tests. Saving SOYO from receiving the wooden spoon was DFI's AD77 Infinity which suffered heavily from poor performance. Considering the board's lack of features the AD77 was not priced too badly at $110 US however, with frame rates dropping quite significantly the $110 US price tag does not seem so hot. MSI did well with their moderately priced KT400 solution which almost had the performance to topple ASUS and Abit. "
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