GIGABYTE GA-7VA - Manual (Page 5)

GIGABYTE obtained of the event to validate the
performance of ATi and Nvidia based graphics cards
(AGP 8X) with VIA Chipset based motherboards
running Microsoft operating systems. Certificates of
Validation will be supplied by VIA, ATi and nVIDIA for
GA-7VAXP; GA-7VAX and GA-7VA that successfully
passed in the AGP 8X standard validation