Conclusion
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With the K7V Dragon, Soyo has come out of the woodwork, so to speak, and back into the spotlight of the motherboard world. The performance of the board is excellent, coming in just behind the current top KT266 motherboard, the AK31. What the Dragon lacks in speed, it more than makes up for in features. No other KT266 motherboard that I have tested offered so much to the user. With on-board 5.1 channel audio as well as a 10/100 LAN port the Soyo K7V Dragon leaves a lot of room for additional components and upgrades. Not to mention the great Promise RAID implementation that Soyo included.To quote my last KT266 review: “On a select few tests, the AMD 760 chipset boards including the 8K7A are still out performing the KT266 chipset. However, the AMD 760 chipset has had a much longer time to mature and settle into drivers and bios updates. Give the VIA DDR option a few more months and I forsee it will be right there with the AMD chipset – and this is exactly what AMD wants. The more powerful chipsets there are for their processors, the more processors they’ll sell and market share they’ll gain. That is good for any AMD investor or fan.”
The Soyo Dragon is still a young motherboard with a less developed bios. I can only forsee better performance and features, assuming the Soyo engineers keep the bios’ coming out. This board has speed, options and is available now. I am glad to present Soyo with the Editor’s Choice Award for their Soyo K7V Dragon KT266 Motherboard!
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