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To: Maxwell who wrote (5389)	4/8/1998 5:27:00 PM
From: Rick Labs	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6843

100 mhz board on the way! Quick questions: 1. Will these boards run at 100mhz with the standing K6 or will they require the new K6 3D chips? 2. Why a less than 10% boost in performance going 66mhz to 100mhz? Seems like it should be more. Rick ****************************************** FIC Announces 1stVA-503+ Mainboard A New Generation of Socket 7 Performance Featuring high-speed 100MHz Front Side Bus, the 1stVA-503+ Mainboard gives system integrators price/performance advantage over the competition Hannover, Germany, 19 March 1998 - First International Computer, Inc. (FIC) today announced that it will showcase its 1stVA-503+ Mainboard - the first socket 7 motherboard in the world featuring the high-speed 100MHz Front Side Bus - at CeBIT '98, which takes place from 19 - 25 March 1998 at the Deutsche Messe, Hannover, Germany. FIC's booth is located at Hall 13, Stand B08. "The 1stVA-503+ Mainboard represents a huge performance advance in the Socket 7 architecture," said Ernest Chen, president of FIC's personal computer division. "Running at 100MHz, the 1stVA-503+ Mainboard relieves the 66MHz bus "bottleneck" of the traditional Socket 7 architecture, allowing support for faster processor frequencies and greater L2 cache bandwidth. Using high-speed 100MHz SDRAM memory, the 1st VA-503+ also allows for much faster I/O and AGP graphics performance." Based around the VIA Apollo MVP3 chipset, the 1stVA-503+ Mainboard comes with up to 1MB Pipeline Burst Level II Cache, 2x AGP, support for both standard 66MHz and high-speed 100MHz SDRAM and supports a full range of Intel Pentiumr MMX, AMD-K6O , and Cyrix/IBM 6x86MXO processors. The 1stVA-503+ also features a split voltage regulator, which is designed to support the low voltage specifications of upcoming high-frequency socket 7 processors. "In our initial internal testing, running at a bus speed of 100MHz, the 1stVA-503+ demonstrates a performance increase of almost 10% over the same configuration running at 66MHz," commented Ernest Chen. The 1stVA-503+ Mainboard features a hardware-based anti-virus solution that stops virus infection through a rule-base anti-virus technology - meaning it watches for virus behaviors rather than virus code. The VA-503+ also fully supports the Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) and DMI 2.0 standards. Built around a Baby AT form factor measuring 8.6" x 9.2", the 1stVA-503+ provides easy expansion with its AGP slot, three PCI slots and three ISA slots. The 1stVA-503+ accepts up to 512MB EDO or SDRAM main memory via its two DIMM sockets and four SIMM slots. ECC memory is also supported. "With any architecture transition, component sourcing issues become a very important consideration for system integrators. We designed the 1stVA-503+ Mainboard so that it can support the memory and processor running at different bus speeds, providing greater configuration flexibility. For example, a system integrator can use a processor running at 100MHz, alongside 66MHz DRAM modules, or the other way around," said Ernest Chen. The 1stVA-503+ also supports Front Side Bus speeds of 75MHz and 83 MHz, giving users more flexibility and upgrade options than the traditional 66MHz bus architecture. The 1stVA-503+ adds to FIC's line of AGP-ready 1stMainboard platforms - including the Pentium II processor-based 1stVL-601 Mainboard, the Pentium processor-based ATX-sized 1stPA-2012 and Baby AT-sized 1stVA-503 Mainboards. All 1stMainboard Series motherboards come packaged with a user-friendly, color manual in multiple languages versions including English, German, Chinese and Japanese. In addition, 1stMainboard Series motherboards come bundled with a CD-ROM which contains all necessary drivers, as well as a credit card-sized Advantage Card which lets 1stMainboard users register online to receive updated technical info and priority online technical support from FIC's Internet homepage at www.fic.com.tw. Samples of the 1stVA-503+ are now available, and pricing information will be provided upon request.