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When the announcement and introduction of the newer Athlon MP motherboard chipset, the AMD-760 MPX, hit us in January of 2002, there was a lot of excitement on what this new chipset was going to offer and that it may be able to bring the price of dual processor Athlons low enough for it to begin catching on in the mainstream market. However, since then, we have seen only a few of these motherboards become available, and the excitement surrounding them has faded.

The MSI K7D Master motherboard is attempting to change that by offering a motherboard that is finally going to give the Tyan line of Athlon MP boards a run for its money.

Here are the board specs for you:

Motherboard Specifications

CPU Socket

2 x Socket A (200/266 MHz Support)

Chipset

AMD-760 MPX

Form Factor

ATX

Multiplier Options

Up to 12.5x

Bus Speed Options

133, 138, 140, 144, 150 MHz

Voltages

default only

Memory Support

4 x 184-pin DDR DRAM PC1600/PC2100 Support

Expansion Slots

5/0/1/0 (PCI/ISA/AGP/CNR)

2 x 64-bit / 66 MHz PCI

3 x 32-bit / 33 MHz PCI

AGP Support

4x AGP Pro

USB Support

on-board disabled

4-port USB 2.0 card included

Integrated Components

none

Bios

AMI Bios

Onboard IDE

2 x ATA100 EIDE