Marco Chiappetta brengt ons een vergelijking tussen de ECS P4VXAD en de Azza P4X2-AV. Zoals de namen al een beetje doen vermoeden zijn beide borden gebaseerd op de VIA P4X266 chipset. Beide borden beschikking over drie 184 pins DDR sloten, één AGP gleuf en AC'97 sound onboard. Het plankje van Azza heeft één PCI slot meer dan de P4VXAD, in totaal zes. Tijdens de installatie van het bord liep men tegen wat kleine problemen aan bij het Azza P4X2-AV bord met betrekking tot de memory timings. De prestaties van beide borden liggen erg dicht bij elkaar, maar de ECS P4VXAD heeft in de meest benchmarks toch een kleine voorsprong. Hieronder een hap uit de conclusie:
After spending a significant amount of time using both of these boards I find it very difficult to come up with a rating. Both the ECS P4VXAD and Azza P4X2 do exactly what they were meant to do. Performance with both of these boards is right where is should be, but I must admit I am a bit disappointed. With all of the legal issues surrounding the VIA P4X266 chipset, and the resulting lack of competition in the P4 DDR motherboard market, manufacturers like ECS and AZZA have been presented with the perfect opportunity to entice enthusiasts with features and performance that they wouldn't be able to find anywhere else at this price point (at least for now). Unfortunately, in my opinion, neither company has capitalized on this opportunity. Had there been better overclocking features, like voltage settings, and more features like on-board RAID, 6-Channel sound or an on-board NIC, the story would be different. For now though, I just don't see too many "power" users getting excited over these products.
That is not to say these boards do not have a place in any of your systems. We can't hold too much against either company for not living up to our expectations, as long as they live up to their claims. Both the ECS and Azza boards worked as they should, and bring great performance and DDR capability to Intel's Pentium 4, at a price point unheard of a few moths ago.
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