Na de aankondiging van de Pentium 4 gisteren viel het op dat de meeste reviews waren gedaan op een Intel D850GB reference board. Ook de eerste Compaq Pentium 4 systemen worden geleverd met Intels voorbeeldontwerp van een Socket 423 plank. Voor de mensen die zich daarom zorgen maakten over de beschikbaarheid van 'echte' Pentium 4 moederborden is er goed nieuws: MSI, Gigabyte en Asus hebben al press releases uitgegeven over hun Tehama plankjes:
Het Gigabyte bord is uitgerust met een ingebakken Soundblaster PCI 128 en Dual BIOS. Naast ondersteuning voor 2GB RDRAM heeft het de volgende features:
Designed with cutting edge technologies, GA-8TX is specifically designed to maximize the performance of today's system and keeping consumers on the cutting edge of the computer technology. Based on Intel the latest chipset supporting Pentium 4 processor GA-8TX is with AGP Pro slot, which supports both the AGP Pro and 4X/2X mode AGP card to provide excellent graphical extensibility. Coming in a standard ATX form factor GA-8TX ATX desktop board provides 4 USB ports, 2 channel Ultra ATA 100/66 IDE device, 5 PCI 2.2 compliant slots and 1 CNR slot.[break]
Asus P4T:
Asus vermeldt bij haar press release dat de P4T jumperloos over te klokken is, PC Health heeft en met drie jaar garantie komt. De P4T zou op dit moment in grote hoeveelheden op de markt zijn:[/break]The ASUS P4T is the perfect solution to take advantage of the revolutionary Intel Pentium 4 NetBurst architecture and pushes performance limits of 1.4GHz and beyond. Based on the new Intel 850 chipset, the ASUS P4T offers the most advanced high performance features available. ASUS continues to lead the world in leading-edge motherboard design and innovation with the ASUS P4T. New benchmarks in performance are attainable with the support of 400MHz FSB speeds, increased 3.2GB/sec bandwidth and support up to 2GB of high speed PC800/PC600 RDRAM. With 5 PCI expansion slots, 4 USB ports, an AGP4X/Pro slot for the latest graphics card support, and ATA-100, the ASUS P4T offers the flexibility and expandability you need to power through the most demanding applications.[break]
MSI 850 Pro:
Deze plank is de enige van de drie zónder AGP Pro slot. Voor de rest lijkt hij op de andere borden: onboard sound, PC Alert en Suspend to RAM:[/break]The Pentium® 4 processor is based on entirely new architecture design to the Pentium® III. MSI™'s 850 Pro mainboard is capable of fully delivering the high frequency and performance of the Pentium® 4 processor. The mainboard supports Rambus memory technology, and an ICH2 south bridge chip is applied to support Ultra DMA33/66/100, enhancing the overall system performance. The ICH2 chip also integrates networking controller, enabling users to explore the fantasies of the networking environment without installing additional cards. It also brings the features of HomePNA and 6-channel audio, plus 4 USB ports support, providing the most versatile expandability.