Bij PCHardware staat de aankondiging van het MSI Pro266 Master-R moederbord. Dit Socket 370 plankje is gebaseerd op de VIA Apollo Pro 266 DDR chipset maar heeft naast 3 DDR sockets ook 2 slots voor PC133 geheugen aan boord. Verder beschikt hij over 5x PCI, 1, AGP Pro, 1x CNR en een Promise RAID controller (RAID 0 + 1). Overige features zijn o.a. het bekende 'FuzzyLogic' voor overclocking, Live BIOS en D-LED. Meer info daarover kun je hier vinden.
In response to customer demands, MSI™ (Micro-Star International) is announcing a new full-featured mainboard product based on VIA® Pro 266 chipset - the Pro266 Master-R.
The Pro266 Master-R is of ATX form factor, and applies Socket 370 architecture supporting Intel® Celeron™ / Pentium® III (FC-PGA) and VIA® Cyrix® III / Samuel processors up to 1GHz and higher. The Pro 266 Master mainboard is configured with one AGP Pro, one CNR (Communication Networking Riser) and 5 PCI slots, providing the greatest flexibility and expandability for add-on devices. The Pro 266 Master also comes with two DIMM sockets plus three DDR sockets, able to support up to 3GB of system memory. The main features of the Pro266 Master-R include:Supports Promise IDE RAID 0 or 1
As a hard drive matrix, RAID enables users to integrate several hard drives to form a unit hard drive at a larger size, aiming to provide error correction (error tolerance) of system data and to enhance system operation. RAID 1 is for data mirroring or data deposit, it enables error correction (error tolerance) of system data; while RAID 0 is for stripping, whose fast access enhances system operation efficiency extensively.Fuzzy Logic™ 3
Fuzzy Logic™ 3 is an MSI™ own developed proprietary software utility that automatically and intelligently adjusts processor and system frequency. By applying Artificial Intelligence, the process of adjusting to the optimum processor and system frequency is accomplished automatically under Windows® working environment. It is also worth mentioning that Fuzzy Logic™ 3 would reboot automatically without user's pushing RESTART button while system hang by overclocking.