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To: solderman.com who wrote (36554)	1/16/2000 1:47:00 AM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

ASUS P3C2000 Mainboard Review Those who decided to get a new mainboard this winter are facing a very difficult problem: the choice they have to make. Some time ago everything was absolutely clear: there was one single mainstream i440BX chipset and its analogues from VIA, which were cheaper but also a bit slower. And now the situation has changed far not for the better. This chipset successfully stood the test of time and was manufactured in much greater amount than all its predecessors. However, even this indisputable hero is now forced to retire, unable to support all the today's coolest features such as AGP 4x or 133MHz system bus. To our great disappointment we have to state that Intel failed to create in their laboratories something suitable to replace the good old though growing decrepit i440BX. The i810 family with an integrated graphics core of far not the highest performance doesn't fit even for mainstream PC level. Another child from 800s the family, which was finally born despite all trouble - i820 costs the whole impossible lot if combined with RDRAM memory, and shows shamefully poor performance if combined with SDRAM. As for the chipsets by other manufacturers, such as VIA Apollo Pro133A, they satisfy far not all the users accustomed to look at Intel in the first place. However, there is also Slot A platform to think of here. But we really doubt if the situation with the mainboards there is clearer. There are no mainboards on the modern chipsets yet and the available products can't boast any remarkable stability and quality. ixbt-labs.com