I was just surfing through the web today and I came across the new mobo that gigabyte released, the GA-7VAXP Ultra. I was reading the specs on their website but couldn't really tell a huge difference from the regular 7vaxp.

Just wondering if anyone knew what's the difference between the two besides the 30 dollar difference?

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i noticed that.... i was like wtf when i saw the ULTRA it atcually looks like it has less than the regular one does, i have a GH-7VAXP...its hella nice, but the ultra is like different....i dont see the difference...o well maybe someone else knows

GA-7VAXP Ultra
Supports DDR 400 up to 3GB Memory
Supports Serial ATA inferface
USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 Connections
Promise RAID + ATA 133 IDE Controller
AGP 8X Interface
Ethernet 10/100Mb LAN Network Connection
GIGABYTE Patented DualBIOS™
User Friendly Overclocking Features
Q-Flash™, @BIOS™, Face Wizard™
Color coded front panel pin design
Round Corner PCB Plate Design
Norton Internet Security™ Included


GA-7VAXP
Motherboard World leading DDR 400 memory support
Promise advanced ATA 133 RAID 0,1 support
Integrated high quality 6 channels AC97 audio
GIGABYTE patented Dual BIOS technology
Rich in overclocking features
Integrated Ethernet 10/100Mb LAN on board
Provides 6 high-speed USB 2.0 ports / 3 IEEE 1394 ports
Socket A for AMD Athlon™ XP/AMD Athlon™ /Duron™ processors
Supports AGP 8x interface for high quality graphics performance


The only real diffrence between the two is the Ultra has SATA

haha and thats worth the extra 30 bucks...

The GA-7VAXP and GA-7VAXP Ultra are some hell of a motherboard. They are one of the best, affordable motherboard out there to date and they come with all the goodies. The only downside I have the them is the fact that I think the S Bracket only has digital out which sucks. I would've gone for one of these MOBO's instead of the MSI KT333 becuase this one is so much better, but I needed to have an analoge out, which the GA-7VAXP's don't have. So all in all, these two MOBO's are kickass.

Gigabyte also scrapped the mobo mounting holes for big heatsinks and water blocks.

That will undoubtedly run off some of the enthusiast market ( it did me!).

I noticed that Epox and Asus also scrapped the holes on their NV2 boards. Abit still has them so they will probably get my money.

Well I have the 7VRXP(kt333 board) and the sound on it sucks. Ive gotta get a sound card for my next upgrade. Im not sure how good the newer board sound.

i got a Ga-7VAXP....it kicks ass....got everything i need....and stuff i dont, but its still hella bad ass, i dont OC that much anyways so the mounting holes are not a problem, and with the sound.....well i have a soundblaster live 5.1 (gonna get an autigy sometime) so i never even tryed the sound...but its got everything, so i would recoment this mobo to anyone