Shuttle AK35GTR (7)
Overclocker 22 Feb 2002

Conclusion

The Shuttle AK35GTR has amazingly great performance. In terms of Content Creation it's one of the top notch performer. As for gaming and graphical applications, we can see the results in 3dmark2001 and Quake3 that it tops the charts among the KT266a. Under certain categories, it's performance even overtook KT333 running at DDR266.

Features-wise, this board has one of the best features, 6 ch audio support, Highpoint HPT372 ATA-100 RAID 0/1/0+1. It also included overclocking features in the BIOS. We tested the overclocking and were able to run it steadily at 150Mhz FSB using an AthlonXP 1500+ o/c to 1800+ using normal timings (defaults are set to maximum performance. e.g. 1T cmd).  We did try to overclock our unlocked AthlonMP1.2G, but it just fails at 5x165. I think it could be due to the quality of the CPU.

Installation is very straightforward, we did not encounter any major hiccups so far. The heatsink you choose might be a consideration. The chipset's heatsink fan might block the way of the Taisol CPU heatsink/fan. 

In conclusion, this board is rich with features. The disappointment is the absence of LAN port, USB 2.0 and ATA-133. Overall, the Shuttle AK35GTR is definitely a price/performance winner in the KT266A category, you get excellent performance at a fraction of the cost. Pricewatch listed price is USD 108.00

Here is the BIOS we used on this board.

Discuss

Below, we list down some pros and cons of this board :

Pros:

• ATA-133 RAID
• CPU ratio, FSB (1mhz), Vcore, AGP, DDR voltages adjustable
• 6 channel audio
• 4 DIMM slots

Cons:

• No USB 2.0
• No ATA-133
• No Onboard LAN

Ratings

Here are my ratings out of 5 stars.

Editor's Choice 2002
Best Price/Performance Award 2002

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