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EPoX 8HDA3+ Socket 754 Motherboard

Company: EPoX
Product: 8HDA3+
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2003
Reviewed By: Joey Chao

EPoX 8HDA3+ Box Front

The Rise of Athlon 64:

At the end of September, we saw the release of AMD's Athlon 64 desktop processor, codenamed ClawHammer. The reviews flooded in from many sites, and there was a light in favor of AMD. Unfortunately, we missed the initial launch of the processor; however, we do have some of the first boards out supporting the Socket 754 CPU. Today we have our first review of a mainboard featuring the VIA K8T800 chipset.

EPoX was founded in 1995 and is not a stranger to most enthusiasts. EPoX designs high quality mainboards and solutions for both Intel and AMD platforms. Overclockers love them because they provide BIOS options (mainly voltages) that go beyond most motherboard manufacturers and their boards in general overclock extremely well.

The 8HDA3+ is based on the K8T800 chipset, supporting Athlon Socket 754 processors. The new chipset is loaded with features and we will see how well EPoX has incorporated this chipset into their design and of course put the board to the test against our Intel 3.2C on 875/865 motherboards.

 


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Page Navigation
Page 1:  — The Rise of Athlon 64
Page 2:  The VIA K8T800 and VT8237 Chipset
Page 3:  EPoX 8HDA3+ Specifications
Page 4:  Onboard Features
Page 5:  Motherboard Layout
Page 6:  Bundled Accessories, BIOS Configuration
Page 7:  Overclocking
Page 8:  Test Setups & Benchmarks Used
Page 9:  Benchmarks: Sysmark 2002
Page 10:  Benchmarks: SPEC ViewPerf 7.0
Page 11:  Benchmarks: SPEC ViewPerf 7.0 (cont)
Page 12:  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra
Page 13:  Benchmarks: 3DMarks 2001 SE, Quake 3 Arena
Page 14:  Benchmarks: Unreal Tournament 2003
Page 15:  Conclusions

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