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Features Table, Continued

07:00 - Monday 7 October 2002 by Patrick Schmid

Manufacturer	MSI	QDI	Shuttle	Soyo
Model	KT4 Ultra / MS-6590	Kudoz 7X	AK73	KT400 Dragon Ultra
Chipset
Socket	Socket A	Socket A	Socket A	Socket A
Clock (CPU/Bus)	1804.09 / 133.64	1809.30 / 134.02	1802.19 / 133.50	1808.69 / 133.98
Northbridge	VIA KT400	VIA KT400	VIA KT400	VIA KT400
Southbridge	VIA VT8235	VIA VT8235	VIA VT8235	VIA VT8235
Northbridge Fan	yes	yes	no	yes
Form Factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory
Maximum RAM	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB
DIMM-Sockets	3, DDR	3, DDR	4, DDR	3, DDR
Memory Type	DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered	DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered	DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered	DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered
Memory Frequencies	DDR400, DDR333, DDR266	DDR400, DDR333, DDR266	DDR400, DDR333, DDR266	DDR400, DDR333, DDR266
ECC-Support	no	no	no	no
Standard Components
Size (LxH)	235 x 304 mm	305 x 244 mm	305 x 245 mm	305 x245 mm
PCI Slots	6x PCI 2.2, 32 Bit	6x PCI 2.2, 32 Bit	5x PCI 2.2, 32 Bit	5x PCI 2.2, 32 Bit
AGP	3.0 / AGP 8x	3.0 / AGP 8x	3.0 / AGP 8x	3.0 / AGP 8x
AGP Card Lock	yes	no	no	no
ACR / AMR / CNR	-	-	-	-
Parallel Ports	1	1	1	1
Serial Ports	2	2	2	2
USB 2.0 internal/external	4 / 1	2 / 4	2 / 4	2 / 4
Fan Headers	2	2	2	4
IDE Controller	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133
Additional Components
Piezo Speaker OnBoard	no	yes	yes	yes
Wake on LAN (WOL)	no	yes	yes	yes
Wake on Modem (WOM)	no	yes	yes	yes
IrDA-Port	yes	no	no	yes
Chassis Intrusion Detection	yes	no	no	yes
Temperature Monitoring	CPU, System	CPU, System	CPU, System	CPU1, CPU2, System
Fan Status Monitoring	CPU, System	CPU, System	CPU, System	CPU, Power, Chassis
Network Controller	Broadcom BCM7502	VIA VT6105	VIA VT6103	optional
IDE RAID Controller	Promise PDC20376 SATA	-	Highpoint HPT372	Highpoint HPT372
Firewire-Controller	VIA VT6306	-	no	no
SCSI-Controller	-	-	-	-
Sound System
Type	PCI	AC97	AC97	PCI
Manufacturer / Chip	C-Media CMI8738	VIA VT1616	Realtek ALC650	C-Media CMI8738
Surround Sound	6 Channels	6 Channels	6 Channels	6 Channels
External Connectors	In/Out/Mic	In/Out/Mic	In/Out/Mic/SPDIF-out	In/Out/Mic
Internal Connectors	CD-in	CD-in, AUX, modem	CD1/CD2/AUX	CD/AUX/SPDIF
Setup
CPU Config	BIOS	BIOS	BIOS	BIOS
Selectable Multipliers	6.0 - 15.0	auto	BIOS	auto
FSB Range / Increments	100-280 / 1	133-166 / 1	133-200 / 1	100-200 / 1
166 MHz FSB	no	no	no	yes
Voltage
Vcore Range / Increments	1.625 - 1.75 / 0.025 V	-	1.1 - 1.85 V / 0.025 V	n/a
Vram / Increments	2.6 / 2.7 / 2.8 V	-	2.55 - 2.75 V / 0.05 V	n/a
Vchipset / Increments	Vagp 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 V	-	Vagp 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 V, Vchipset 2.6 / 2.7 / 2.8 V	n/a
Board and BIOS Details
Bios	AMI	Phoenix/Award	Phoenix/Award	Phoenix/Award
Version	1.0	1.0LCP	S9A4	1.2
Date	Aug 23, 2002	Aug 31, 2002	Sept 2, 2002	Dec 4, 2001
Motherboard Revision	1.0	1.0	1.3	?
Boot Devices	All IDE, Floppy, SCSI, IDE-RAID	Floppy, LS120, HD, SCSI, CDROM/DVD, ZIP, USB-ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-CDROM, UDB-HDD, LAN	Floppy, LS120, HD, SCSI, CDROM/DVD, ZIP, USB-ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-CDROM, UDB-HDD, LAN	Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN
Manual Interrupt Assignment	yes		no	no
Special Features	-	BIOS English, Chinese	-	n/a
Shared Interrupts	?	?	?	?
Clock Generator	?	CYP-613326	ICS94228BF	ICS 950202CF
Miscellaneous
Layout Issues	-	-	-	-
Model Variations	-	-	-	-
Shipment / Utilities
Manual / Quality	Excellent	n/a	n/a	Excellent
Languages	English	n/a	English	English
Quick Setup Guide	yes	n/a	n/a	no
Cables	1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy, 2x SATA	1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy	2x IDE-80, 1x Floppy, 1x SATA	3x IDE-80, 1x Floppy, 1x SATA
Adapters	2x USB plus one shared Bluetooth, 3x Firewire	4x USB	2x USB	Audio (see evaluation), IDE to SATA
Software	MSI DVD	?	?	Norton Ghost 2002, AntiVirus 2002, Adobe Active Share
Miscellaneous	MSI sticker