Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 motherboard Review

Manufacturer Gigabyte
Name GA-K8NS Ultra -939
Type / Chipset Socket 939 / nVidia nForce3 Ultra Chipset
Dimensions +++ 32 mm (55 mm radius) around the socket to the next capacitor or other parts of the mainboard – for further information see Fit for Fan. The overall size is 305 x 245mm.
Slots +++ 5x pci, 1x AGP (1.5V 4x/8x), 4x DDR PC2100 – PC3200 (max. 4GB RAM)
Connectors

++++ 1x Floppy, 4x UDMA133, 2x SATA150 & 2x SATA150 RAID (Sil 3512), 2x serial, 1x parallel, 2x PS/2, 2x LAN:1x onBoard 10/100 Mbps & 1x onBoard 10/100/1000 Mbps base-T Ethernet LAN (Marvell 8001), 8x USB 2.0/1.1 (4x internal), 8-Channel AC’97 RealTek ALC850 onboard (1x int. CD in, 1x int. S/PDIF, ext. Line in, ext. Mic, ext. Line out, int. optional connector for 8-Channel Audio Combo Kit, Slot bracket is included) and 4x fan connectors (1x used for chipset fan).

Vcore ++++ BIOS between 0.80 Volt and 1.7 Volt in steps of 0.025 and 0.05 Volt / Jumper not available
Multiplier ++++ BIOS between 4x and 25x (max multi depends on used CPU) / Jumper not available
FSB ++++ BIOS between 200 and 455 MHz (AGP 66 – 100 MHz) / Jumper not available
VIO/VDD ++++ VDDR +0.1 – +0.2 / VAGP +0.1 – +0.3 / V HT-Link +0.1 – +0.3
Performance**** ++++ Ratings with HIS Excalibur Radeon 9600 Pro graphic card and Catalyst 3.6 ! AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 3770 points with 3DMark 2003 and 18586 points with 3DMark 2000
Manual and Labeling ++++ Very well readable, complete motherboard inscription, a very detailed motherboard manual in English and short guide for fast beginning.