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Posted by Thomas
McGuire on October 24, 2000
Company: ASUS Product:
P3V4X
Apollo Pro 133A motherboard
PC
Probe
The
Asus software bundle contains a monitoring utility called PC
Probe. This
can be used to monitor temperature of your system & other
settings. A very useful tool for overclockers indeed. This can
be setup to give warnings when your system reaches certain
temperatures & so on too.
It’s
a nice addition to the motherboard itself, particularly if you
intend to, or are overclocking your system.
Pros
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Quite
stable, almost perfectly so with the latest VIA drivers
installed (Windows 98 SE & Windows 2000).
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Significantly
improved memory bandwidth compared to earlier/other VIA
133A based motherboards, e.g. the Abit
VT6X4.
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Decent
software bundle, particularly the PC Probe.
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Support for PC 133 RAM
(& the option to run RAM at different speed than the
FSB), 133Mhz FSB & AGP4.
Cons
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New I815 based motherboards such as the Asus CUSL2
offer better performance than VIA 133A based motherboards.
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Reported issues with AGP4
mode & nVidia GeForce cards (not working properly).
Although AGP1/2 works fine with them.
Conclusion
The
Asus P3V4X is a very nice motherboard indeed, although with
the availability of i815 based motherboards the P3V4X may not
be the best choice for a new motherboard. Still, it’s very
stable & overclocks well.
It
also supports all the latest hardware & features, such as
AGP4.
Company: ASUS Product:
P3V4X
Apollo Pro 133A motherboard
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