Soltek SL-K8AV-R (VIA K8T800 Chipset) Motherboard Review at 3DX

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"Today 3DXtreme is taking a look at another AMD64 motherboard, this time around it?s the Soltek SL-K8AV-R. This particular Soltek board is based on the VIA K8T800 chipset and features a more robust HyperTransport than the previously reviewed nVidia Nforce3-150 Motherboard (Soyo CK-8). The SL-K8AV-R features a HyperTransport that is 16-bit wide upstream and downstream and runs at 800 Mhz each way. This gives the VIA K8T800 an effective front side bus speed of 1.6Ghz. So what does this equate to in real world performance? Read on...