[CoSD]Headbanger schrijft: "The Register meldt dat de nieuwe drivers voor de Abit SE6 (i815e) en de VT6X4 (zie deze update) inderdaad voor een behoorlijke performance-winst zorgt. Hiermee wordt de i815 toch een stuk interessantere concurrent van de BX-mobo's. Ook heeft The Register in dit artikel een stukje over RBB (Rapib BIOS Boot) geschreven, deze optie die Booten en Spinning-time van cd-spelers sterk verlaagd ":
The new VC820 BIOS also includes Intel Rapid BIOS Boot (RBB) which streamlines Power On Self Test (POST) running tasks in parallel, eliminating redundant code and reducing legacy features in a bid to meet the PC2001 Design Guide which specifies a seven second POST and HD spin up.
RBB is optimized for Windows ME and Intel claims it reduces the combined BIOS and OS boot time from 35 to 20 seconds. Windows 98 boot comes down from just over a minute to 45 seconds.
Intel doesn't quote the CPU used to achieve these times, but on our Win2K box (Pentium III 933, 256Mb PC700 RDRAM), total boot time from cold, including loading all the network gubbins, came down from 78 to 65 seconds, of which 12 seconds was accounted for in synching up the monitor.
Hard drive spin up times and monitor sync-up rates can add an extra 30 seconds to boot time - a 10,000 rpm drive may take as much as 25 seconds to spin up compared with a 5,400 rpm drive which can be ready for use in as little as 5 seconds.