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ECS KA1 MVP

23 Mar 2006

The ECS KA1 MVP is the latest CrossFire motherboard to face the rigors of our test lab and we seem to think that it signifies a 'grown up' ECS. The KA1 MVP delivers on features, performance and stability, giving premium boards a run for their money. Purple never looked so good.

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<h2 class="header-green">Product Specification</h2>
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		<td class="prd_content">Processor Support and Chipset Type</td>
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			<ul><li>Processor Support:<ul><li>Supports AMD socket 939 Athlon 64 CPU</li><li>Supports AMD socket 939 Athlon 64 FX  CPU</li><li>Supports AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology</li></ul>
</li><li>Chipset Type:<ul><li>Northbridge: ATI Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire (RD480)<ul><li>Bi-directional 1GHz (2000MT/s) HyperTransport interface to processor</li><li>Supports 1x PCIe x16 or 2x PCIe x8 graphics interface</li></ul></li><li>Southbridge: ATI SB450<ul><li>Intel High Definition Audio</li><li>Supports up to four PCI Express x1 lanes</li><li>Supports up to seven PCI  v2.3 slots</li><li>Supports up to eight USB 2.0 ports</li><li>Supports four SATA ports (with RAID 0, 1)</li><li>Dual-channel Ultra ATA-100 IDE port</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">Memory</td>
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			<ul><li>Dual channel memory architecture integrated into processor
</li><li>Four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
</li><li>Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMM modules
</li><li>Supports up to 4GB using PC1600 (DDR200), PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700 (DDR333) and PC3200 (DDR400) unbuffered DDR SDRAM DIMM</li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">Storage</td>
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			<ul><li>ATI SB450 Southbridge<ul><li>4 x Ultra ATA 33/66/100/133 (data transfer rate up to 133MB/sec.)</li><li>4 x SATA (Serial ATA 1.5Gbps interface)</li><li>Supports SATA RAID 0, RAID 1</li></ul>
</li><li>Silicon Image SiI3132 SATA II RAID controller<ul><li>2 x SATA II (Serial ATAII 3.0Gbps interface)</li><li>Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1</li></ul></li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">Audio</td>
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			<ul><li>Intel High Definition Audio (Azalia)
</li><li>Realtek ALC880 HD Audio CODEC</li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">Networking</td>
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			<ul><li>Marvell 88E5053 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet  controller
</li><li>Realtek RTL8100C PCI 10/100 Ethernet controller</li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">FireWire (IEEE 1394)</td>
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			<ul><li>VIA FireIIM VT6307 FireWire controller
</li><li>2 x 1394a ports @ 400 Mbps speed</li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">Rear I/O</td>
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			<ul><li>4 x USB 2.0 ports
</li><li>2 x RJ45 LAN port
</li><li>8-Channel Audio I/O ports
</li><li>1 x 9-pin serial port
</li><li>1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
</li><li>1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port</li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">Internal Connectors</td>
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			<ul><li>1 x Floppy connector
</li><li>2 x Ultra ATA IDE connectors
</li><li>6 x SATA connectors (4x SATA, 2x SATA II)
</li><li>4 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x bracket, 2 x header)
</li><li>2 x FireWire ports (2 x bracket)
</li><li>1 x CD-IN
</li><li>1 x parallel port (bracket)</li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">Expansion Slots</td>
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			<ul><li>2 x PCIe x16 slots, PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant 
</li><li>2 x PCIe x1 slots, PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant
</li><li>2 x 32-bit PCI slots, PCI 2.3 compliant </li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">Other Features</td>
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			<ul><li>Top-Hat Flash
</li><li>Dr. LED</li></ul>		</td>
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		<td class="prd_content">Form Factor</td>
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			ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.4cm)		</td>
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