Andrew van VIAHardware.com komt met een preview van de VIA VPSD P4XB-RA. De P4XB-RA is ontwikkeld door de nieuwe divisie van VIA: VIA Platform Solutions Divisions en is gebaseerd op de eigen P4X266A chipset. Op de plank vind je één AGP gleuf, vijf PCI sloten, 1 CNR slot, een Promise 20265R Raid controller en drie DDR gleuven. De layout van het bord is goed, op de plaats van de ATX-connector na. De prestaties van de P4X266A chipset liggen iets boven die van de P4X266. Hieronder een gedeelte uit de conclusie:
The P4XB-RA is shaping up to be a very good motherboard. I have heard many people question whether the VPSD boards would be up to par with other boards with large brand-name recognition. I think that if the performance of this motherboard is any indication, then the answer is most definitely. The P4XB-RA has all the options and features of any top-brand board, and it's performance is above the AV40 - one of the highest performing P4X266 products we have seen. One of the things that impresses me the most about this motherboard is that it works so well for being a pre-production board. This particular board is not the greatest overclocker, but we have a final board on the way to us and will be updating this preview as soon as we receive it and complete testing. I do have word from sources in VIA that they have had success overclocking this board at 115MHz with a 2.0GHz P4.
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Met dank aan Verwijderd voor de tip.