KT7-RAID vs A7V revisited...plz read on.

[Jean]

Hello everyone,
I am confused. Most of the major web-site dedicated to hardware such as Ars?Technica http://arstechnica.com/guide/system/hotrod.html , Sysopt http://sysopt.earthweb.com/reviews/abit-kt7-raid/index.html , Anand Tech http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1296&p=6 etc. stated that the Abit KT7 RAID is the ?best Athlon board to date?. However, based on a recent article from Tom?s Hardware ?Socket A Is Coming: Test of 10 Boards?, http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q3/000919/index.html , http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q3/000919/kt133-27.html#conclusion , it seems that the Abit KT7 RAID is lacking in performance in comparison to Asus A7V. Could someone please comment on this? If it were you which one will you pick for home Video Editing (Media Studio Pro 6.0) and 3D modeling applications (Pro/E, Solidedge). Any insight thoughts are greatly appreciated.

 

[unclehunk]

Tom isn't the only one that game the Asus higher marks than the Abit. Sharkyextreme and others did too. I don't really think it matters much, they're both good boards and they both have their quirks. They're both based around the same Via chipset so compatibilty between hardware should be similar.

 

[Stealth1024]

Asus A7V is a more OEM friendly board with an AMR slot, etc. I also like Asus because of their frequent driver/BIOS updates and support for discontinued products.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Might I add a lower failure rate too.

 

[wizz0bang]

Is the failure rate still high on the Kt7?

 

[Henry Kuo]

asus always has a quite low ram rate than the abit.

and besides that, i personally think the boards are just as good. The only difference would be the RAID function.

 

[jonnyGURU]

That's weird kenny. I had the exact same "clicking" in my AWE64 card on the Abit that you did. Pop the card in any other board and it worked fine. Bizarre.