DFI AD70-SR


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DFI AD70-SR

CPU Interface
Socket-A
Chipset
VT8366A North Bridge
VT8233 South Bridge
Form Factor
ATX
Bus Speeds
100 - 250MHz (in 1MHz increments)
Core Voltages Supported
1.500 - 1.850V (in 0.025V increments)
I/O Voltages Supported
Not Configurable
DRAM Voltages Supported
Not Configurable
Memory Slots
3 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots
Expansion Slots
1 AGP Slot
5 PCI Slots
Onboard RAID
Promise PDC 20265
Onboard USB 2.0/IEEE-1394
N/A
Onboard Audio
N/A

Recently DFI has started to pick up the pace in the enthusiasts market, and we continue to see this trend in the AD70-SR. The AD70-SR recently got its name changed to distinguish itself from its older KT266 brother, the AD70.

The AD70-SR has a very wide range of FSB speeds from 100MHz to 250MHz. Although the 100/133MHz jumper is still present on the board, the wide range of speeds available is already a big jump for DFI. There are no voltage settings for I/O and memory on the AD70-SR, while a decent range of settings are available for CPU core.

One important feature DFI implemented on the board was the asynchronous memory setting, allowing you to run your memory slower than the FSB speed as you continue to increase the FSB. Although the board couldn't hit very high FSB values without compensating the stability, this is a nice option provided by DFI.

The board also comes in with the Promise PDC 20265 RAID controller supporting ATA100. In order to reduce the cost DFI decided not to put an integrated sound chip on the AD70-SR, and the result is a 100-dollar board that is very stable with RAID functions.

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  • Anonymous User - Monday, September 29, 2003 - link

    How do I get my Engine to Memory clock to run synchronous for my Epox 8kha+ board
  • xrror - Saturday, August 14, 2021 - link

    This was such an exciting time in PC hardware. Intel was still trying to cram Rambus down the industry's throat - and obstinately trying to strong arm the mobo makers and force chipset makers to Rambus licensing. We still had VIA, SiS, ULi, and even nVidia in the chipset market, and with AMD's Athlon line still extraordinarily competitive and Intel in full attack they could no longer just consider AMD as a side-show - this was their leverage against Intel and they had to treat Socket A as premium platform.
  • NegativeROG - Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - link

    I still have this board. AND, I invested all of a $10,000 inheritance in Rambus RDRAM. I'm smarter now (I hope). But, you are right about exciting times in the PC space. I navigated away from AMD for a bit, but came back, and will stay forever. Team RED!

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