VIA Responds with KT400A, Five Months Later

Reference Board

VIA sent us a total of three reference boards based on the KT400A chipset. The first two we received immediately after IDF, which were unfortunately quite rushed and were the victims of some stability issues. Because of these issues, VIA actually pushed out the launch day of the KT400A chipset and supplied reviewers with another reference board, this time devoid of all stability problems.

Our motherboard testing lab is currently receiving retail KT400A motherboards from VIA's partners, so we'd suggest waiting until seeing those reviews before deciding whether or not the KT400A is the platform for you. With this review we're aiming to provide a quick look at performance to give you an idea of whether or not VIA can live up to their claims as offering a cheaper nForce2 competitor.