Confusion over P4PB 266E Mainboard release by VIA

[Mr.Tweak]

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[Morgan_Lander]

Yeah, that struck me as a little odd for them to release a slower P4 chipset when I got that e-mail this morning. The board seems to be pretty loaded, however.

[John Gatt VIA]

[Darthtanion]

Thanks for clearing things up a bit.

[Steve]

[Mr.Tweak]

It seems I missed that very obvious piece of news then. I'm used to 6 month product cycles, not 2 month.

[mistert]

I'm curious John, who are these OEMs that are actually buying VIA's P4 Chipsets? I believe DDR333 acceptance has been relatively limited and will continue to be so until sometime next year, but DDR400 is a long shot to say the least. You can't even verify whether or not JEDEC will ever approve a DDR-400 spec. Also, how did ya'll manage to drop the P4X333 without repercussions from Motherboard manufacturers? I know that there were a few demo boards at Computex and I had heard from the Grapevine of more. R&D for motherboards isn't free and that's alot of wasted time. Ya'll should work out a steadier development process like in previous times.


Oh, yeah, I designed that Ramstore.ca logo! :) hehe.

[Steve]

[Soverign]

I currantly have a P4X400 board and SiS Xabre400

we will soon see if this 8x board can actually do AGP 8x

as for P4X266E. Its not going to be seen in the retail market. After all why would use use an old Chipset for new P4's? just seems silly

[Steve]

we will soon see if this 8x board can actually do AGP 8x
I can tell you not the Xabre wont work on that board mate!

[Soverign]

Well the Xabre runs 8X on SiS boards. Xabre is well rated within the 8X specs. so if VIA have put the 8x specs to work it should all go properlly

[Steve]

[Mr.Tweak]

Why you're mighty quick to jump to the defence of VIA aren't you Steven? Why?

[Mr.Tweak]

And Steven correct me if I am wrong but isn't the SavageXP a VIA product as well?

OMG, the plot thickens... hehe

[Steve]