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If someone would have said to me just a year ago that Shuttle would be on the top performing motherboard manufacturers in the retail market for AMD systems, I probably would have laughed at you. Even though Shuttle has been a part of the computer world for quite a while, their products have been mostly geared towards the OEM and budget systems and were never quite on the program as far as powerful, fast components.

That all changed recently with the release of the Shuttle AK31 motherboard based on the KT266 chipset. As Shuttle's first board for the AMD platform in some time, the AK31 won rave reviews from all over the media. In fact, it was tested here at Amdmb.com to be probably the second fastest KT266 motherboard available, behind Soyo’s option.

Once again Shuttle is making a move, being one of the first out the door with a new board for the KT266A chipset. Heading into the battle, dealing with Epox and then later MSI and Soyo will be a big challenge for Shuttle.

Motherboard Specifications

CPU Socket

Socket A (200/266 MHz Support)

Chipset

KT266A

Form Factor

ATX

Multiplier Options

6x - 14x

Bus Speed Options

100 - 166 MHz in 1 MHz Increments

Voltages

+0.275v or -0.275v from processor default

Memory Support

4 x 184-pin PC2100 DDR DRAM

Expansion Slots

6/0/1/0 (PCI/ISA/AGP/AMR)

AGP Support

4x AGP

USB Support

2x Standard USB ports

2x Add-on USB ports

Integrated Components

AC'97 Audio

Bios

Award Bios

Onboard IDE

2 x ATA100 EIDE