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: Martyn Date : 18th
December '02
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3DVelocity wish to thank Leadtek
and especially Claire at Axalia for providing this board
for our review.
Part One: Introduction
Leadtek,
despite popular belief, have been in existance since 1986,
a considerable amount of time longer than some of the
other nV partners. Their 'Winfast' brands have always
collected awards throughout the industry so 3DVelocity
rounded up their version of the newly introduced nForce
2 mainboard to see if Leadtek have yet another winning
product on their hands. The nForce 2 is rapidly becoming
the AMD based motherboard, success here
could be a huge boost for this famous nV loyalist.
Part Two: The nForce 2
Rather than repromoting this great chipset,
we'd rather focus on the features Leadtek can bring to
this board. If you seek more information on this new board
from nVidia, please
head over to Wayne's excellent
preview of the technology as it contains everything
you could wish to know about all things nForce.
Here are the obligitory specs
direct from Leadtek: -
- Supports 200/266/333MHz(DDR) FSB for
AMD Athlon/XP and Duron CPU
- 128-bit DualDDR memory architecture doubles the memory
bandwidth for enhancing total system performance
- Provide header for Smart Card Reader Interface and application
program
- BIOS and hardware offer CPU Over Temperature Shutdown
(O.T.S) function to protect CPU from burnout
- Support Vcore, Vmem and AGP Vddq adjustment for better
system compatibility
- Supports AGP 8X interface for high-end 3D Graphics card
- Built-in hardware Dolby Digital (AC3) Encoder for providing
6-channel surround sound via a SPDIF interface.
- USB2.0 controller with two USB2.0 ports onboard
- Supports IEEE1394 interface(Optional)
- Two Ultra ATA133 IDE dual channel interfaces, data transfer
rate up to 133MB/sec
- 10/100Mbps LAN interface onboard. (LAN version only)
Form
factor
ATX 304.8mm x 243mm (12"x 9.6")
CPU Support
AMD Athlon/XP, Duron Socket A processors
Platform Processors
NVIDIA nForce2-ST(nForce2-SPP+nForce2 MCP-T)
CPU clock
CPU Bus Frequency range: 200 to 333MHz (DDR)
Main Memory
Supports 3 184 -pin DIMM sockets for DDR -SDRAM
module (PC2100, PC2700, PC3200)
Support up to 3GB of memory
Expansion slots
1 x 32bit 8X AGP slot.
4 x 32bit PCI slot.
1 x ACR slot.
Adjustment setting for Best performance
Adjustable CPU clock. Vcore,Vmem, AGP Vddq.
Two Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133 IDE ports
Supports up to PIO mode 4, Multi-word DMA mode2
and Ultra ATA 66/100/133 MB/Sec
Bus master drivers for most well-known OS
Double stack back-panel
I/O connectors
PS/2 Mini-Din mouse & keyboard ports
RJ45 connector (Lan version only)
Two USB2.0 Ports
One External Bracket with four USB2.0 ports (Optional)
One 25 pin D-SUB female printer port
Two 9pin D-SUB male serial ports for COM1 &
COM2
Game/Midi port, Line_In, Line_Out and Mic_In jacks
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System
BIOS
AWARD BIOS, supports PnP, APM, Multi-Device booting
features (Floppy, LS120, CD-ROM, IDE, SCSI, ZIP, ATAPI)
Supports ACPI 1.0b (Advanced Configuration Power Interface):
S1, S3 (Suspend to RAM), S4 (Suspend to DISK)
Boot-up anti-virus support
2MB flash ROM
Hardware Monitor
Hardware Monitor provides main system information.
You can read CPU/System Fan speed and temperature
to provide the best overclocking capacity from Hardware
Monitor
O.T.S
With AMD XP series CPU, built-in CPU over temperature
shutdown (O.T.S.) and overheated warning message
functions to protect CPU from burnout. According
to O.T.S. function, a temperature warning message
window is going to pop-up as long as CPU is overheated,
meanwhile, your system will be immediately shutdown
to protect CPU from burnout.
PC Health hardware monitoring
Two thermal sensors protecting CPU and system
5 voltages monitoring input (+3.3V, +5V, Vddq, Vmem,
Vcore)
Package contents
WinFast K7NCR18D-Pro socket A motherboard
WinFast software pack CD
User's manual
Ultra ATA 100/66 IDE cable
720KB / 1.44MB / 2.88MB Floppy connecting cable
USB module (Optional)
IEEE1394 module
Dolby Digital output module
Bundled Ulead Video Studio6.0 and Cool 3D 3.0 editing
software
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