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The Verdict
In summary, I have no qualms recommending the ABIT KA7 as a decent KX133 board to purchase, especially with its gratuitous overclocking and tweaking functions. I managed a stable 116MHz FSB on my 650MHz Athlon (without FreeSpeed Pro) and a combined speed of 824MHz with the FreeSpeed Pro. Be forewarned that it took recurrent experimentation to find that sweet spot in my system, especially with the myriad of tweakable options available.
However having said that, the inherent weak memory performance on the KX133 (as in the Apollo Pro 133A) is a major flaw IMHO. What was supposed to provide improved speeds from increased memory bandwidth, produced more crippled effects than even a stock 100MHz SDRAM on an AMD 750 chip! This isn’t ABIT’s fault in any way, as other reviews of similar KX133-based motherboards indicate a performance hit as well. Hence, the only real benefit of getting a KX133 board lies in its AGP 4x implementation that has yet to derive discernible value. Granted that it also harbours an additional DIMM and inbuilt hardware monitoring, these aren’t essential to most people in practical terms. In that regard, even though the KX133 does offer slightly more than AMD’s 750, you should set your expectations right before purchasing one…
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