Mainboard AK35GT, AK35GTR

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Das Shuttle AK35GTR is einfach eines der luxoriösesten Boards mit KT266A-Chipsatz. Es hat 6 PCI-Slots, onboard 5.1 Soundchip, onboard Ultra/133 RAID-Controller und 4 DIMM-Steckplätze. Es gibt nur eine Handvoll Boards, die mit dieser Liste an Leistungsmerkmalen mithalten können. Was die Performance angeht: AK35GTR benutzt den VIA KT266A-Chipsatz und wir erwarteten deshalb eine gute Performance - und das Board enttäuscht uns nicht. Stabilität ist überhaupt kein Problem gewesen, selbst wenn all 4 DIMM-Sockel mit verschiedenen Speichertypen bestückt worden sind. (...) Spieler können durch einfaches Anheben der Bus-Geschwindigkeit noch tüchtig nachhelfen. Der größte Vorzug beim AK35GTR ist der extrem niedrige Preis. Für #180 CDN bietet es ein gutes Preis/Leistungsverhältnis bei der Menge an Leistungsmerkmalen. Der nächste Konkurrent liegt bei #40 Aufpreis! Weiter so Shuttle, gutes Board!

Well, to sum it up, the AK35GTR is quite a motherboard! This is by far one of the most tweakable I've seen in a long time. Shuttle gives you a large toolbox to work with when trying to get the most out of your system. You can adjust your Vcore up to 2.30 and you also have memory voltage adjustments at your fingertips. You also have nearly complete control over your memory settings and timings. Beyond these added adjustments, the AK35GTR provides above standard performance. The AK35GTR performed very well in all of our tests beating the K7-Dragon in most of them. This is one FAST motherboard!! Throw in a good implementation of onboard audio (low-low cpu utilization), 4 DIMM slots (very rare in this class) and Highpoint ATA133 RAID (any others boards have this?) and you have a complete motherboard. All things considered, the AK35GTR performed very well, was well laid-out and had a complete suite of adjustments for the average Joe and the overclocker. (...) 

Conclusion: The performance results from the benchmark once again highlight just how very similar many KT266A boards perform and this highlights Shuttle once again could have another success story on the hands as experienced with AK31 series. Need a low cost RAID system, need a low cost performance board, need a low cost rich featured motherboard well Shuttle as an answer its the AK35GTR.

(...) now Shuttle has included a much wanted increase voltage option and answered many critics with this inclusion we should see the AK35GTR get ranked highly amongst many enthusiast choice listings.

For us there are no complaints and cannot criticize Shuttle on any features of the design, they have definitely improved on the AK31 series of motherboards with the audio choice the C-MEDIA chip and maintained all the originalities of the AK31. The bios has almost all the features necessary to aid tweaking for further performance and as it uses an jumperless board apart from bios reset and bios write protect the rest is left to the bios. (...)

Conclusion: Shuttle has produced a great motherboard that keeps pace with the competition right out of the box and will be a fighter for the pole position in the KT266A class. (...) In a less aggressive, less insane configuration the AK35GTR raced along smoothly with no stability problems during our tests. (...) Shuttle has definitely made an impression with the AK35GTR. It will most likely find it's way into my own base system for some long term enjoyment..errr...testing. You won't be disappointed with this board.

Pros: ATA/133 Raid, Great overclocking potential, Good layout and design, KT266A...fast, lots more...

The Shuttle AK35GTR is yet another brilliant realization of Shuttle know-how. It is extremely well designed, and offers hallucination-inducing levels of performance. Its numerous Overclocking functions will also make it quite attractive to the tweak-it-yourself crowd. In short, we don't hesitate to recommend the Shuttle AK35GTR to anyone who demands quality and performance for their money.

The strong points: Entirely Jumperless design, Vcore voltage adjustable from within the BIOS, DRAM voltage adjustable from within the BIOS, Excellent response to Overclocking, FSB adjustable in 1MHz increments, Superb performance, Integrated RAID ATA133,  controller, Excellent integrated sound-card

10 von 11 Punkte. So gut wie die besten KT266A-Boards (...) Die Shuttle-Leute scheinen die Absicht zu haben, sich bei den Enthusiasten einen Namen zu machen. Mit Boards wie diesem scheinen Sie es auch zu schaffen.

(...) this certainly isn’t a bad mainboard. The BIOS is very adjustable with great features to adjust voltage settings. The mainboard itself is pretty good equipped with four DDR slots, a possibility for RAID configuration, six PCI slots and a standard chipset cooler. (...) Finaly, the price, which amounts #64 (found on pricewatch.com) is pretty low for such a motherboard. 

The AK35GTR, like it's predecessor (AK31 series) has excellent overclocking features. These include the ability to change and adjust FSB settings and CPU multipliers, not to mention DDR and DIMM voltages. The Vcore can reach a maximum of 2.3 volts ... ideal for any overclockers. To get the most out of your system, memory timings can also be adjusted. (...)

Final words: I'm very impressed with the AK35GTR, the performance is excellent and has many of the features found on more expensive 'overclocking' boards. It offers excellent value for money and you won't be disappointed.

Pros: Excellent Value for Money, Very good performance, AGP Pro slot, 4 DDR DIMMs upto 4Gb, Onboard ATA133 RAID, Excellent overclocking features, Vcore can be adjusted upto 2.30 volts!!!

Conclusion: Shuttle really impressed me this time. They have created a motherboard which comes at an awesome price, with a good RAID controller, lots of goodies for the overclocker, very stable, nice layout, and well, I could go on forever. We also saw that numerous times the board knocked the wind out of Abit's top model in different tests, even though the KR7A-R has been awarded lots of times. Again, no more excuses for not buying those DDR RAM, the performance rocks, the price is almost the same as with standard 168 pins RAM, so go for it!. AK35GT-R is at least a good buy, if you want a top notch motherboard for your PC. 

Positive: Performance, Lots of settings for the overclocker, The price, All the new things, the ATA 133 RAID controller, the new sound chip (5.1 surround), etc., The layout, Rock stable
Negative: Nothing! 

Hardware-test.dk thinks: Hard to find a better motherboard at such a low price

It seems that every time we receive a board from Shuttle nowadays, we prepare ourselves to see the fastest benchmarks posted by the chipset that the Shuttle board is based on- seriously, what do they feed their components? Today, we have Shuttle's AK35GTR with us, which is the follow up to the hugely successful AK31 series of boards. (...) Say hello to the new king of t-break labs: The AK35 is the fastest board we've ever seen- faster than nVidia's nForce chipset based MSI K7N420 in gaming as well as Ziff Davis benchmarks. What more do you need to know! (...)  If you're really thinking of getting something for yourself for the holiday season, get this motherboard with an Athlon XP 1900. You'll be fastest kid on the block- hell, forget the block, you'll be the envy of the entire city! Over the weekend, we're gonna put an Athlon XP 1800 with a GeForce 3 Ti 500 card on the Shuttle AK35 and overclock them to the extreme. Come back to see the numbers. I'm sure you wont be disappointed ;)

(...) I just felt that Shuttle’s AK35GTR had that little more to offer. Boasting all the features of the KR7A-RAID with added extras such as 6-Channel onboard audio. Apart from non-overclocking performance the AK35GTR was easily the faster board winning every test. Nevertheless the most impressive aspect of Shuttle’s AK35GTR lies within the almost flawless board design. When I say almost flawless I mean just that, there is really nothing wrong with the design (at least anything worth a mention). Everything is perfect, IDE RAID connectors, IDE connectors, DIMM connectors, CPU Socket, Audio connectors and so on. (...)

Translation from Swedish:
"AK35GTR has alot to offer because it has RAID with UDMA133, six PCI and four dimm slots. It also has good overclocking abilites (...) I liked the
card and I gave it four out of five stars."