Gigabyte is a well known and generally well-trusted motherboard manufacturer. They are also known for their regular and early support of AMD's latest and greatest. The GA-7VTX is a Socket A board based on the VIA KT266 chipset. The two major improvements this chipset brings to the table (over the recently declared, ancient KT133[A]) are Double Data Rate SDRAM and V-Link which is VIA's answer to Intel's interlink bus (dubbed the Interlink Hub Architecture).

The game installed smoothly and without problems. The printed manual, on the other hand, isn't deserving of the name. It's a very abridged version, suitable as a quickstart guide but not much more. The full manual is available as a PDF file on the CD; sadly there is no online version for reference. The game comes with three tutorial boot camp scenarios that introduce the interface, combat basics such as movement, direct/indirect fire, assaults, smoke, and reinforcements.