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ABIT Introduces the VP6 for Dual PIII CPUs |
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Abit |
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September 26, 2000 |
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Taipei,
Taiwan, R.O.C. Friday, September 22, 2000—ABIT is proud to announce
the launch of the VP6. This dual processor motherboard is a follow-up
to the immensely popular BP6. The VP6 is an ATX form-factor mainboard
designed for use with all PIII Coppermine FC-PGA 370 Processors. It supports
all normal industry standard functions, including Advanced Configuration
and Power Management Interface (ACPI), AGP 1X/2X/4X and 100/133MHz SDRAM
Memory Bus Settings. The VP6 features four 168-pin DIMM sockets supporting
up to 2GB memory.
DUAL Pentium III
The VP6 is a dual processor system. With computing tasks becoming more
and more CPU-intensive, a dual CPU system is the answer for running your
computer smoothly. Dual processor systems allow for increased performance.
In fact, performance can be increased by 25% – 85% when running software
designed for dual (SMP-based) CPU systems.
Processor-intensive applications such as burning CDs, playing games, working
on spreadsheets, multimedia and the like, leave your system open to lag
and errors. The VP6 dual processor system can allow you to easily run
several CPU-intensive tasks without such problems. Be it playing SMP-enabled
games while burning a CD or working on a project while playing MP3s, a
dual processor system such as the VP6 will allow your system to cope successfully
where a single processor system could have troubles.
ATA/100 and RAID
The VP6 includes the HPT370 controller which adds ATA/100 and RAID support.
The ATA/100 interface has a 100 MB/sec transfer rate, thereby maximizing
disk performance. RAID 0 (striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), and RAID 0+1
(striping + mirroring) are all supported by the VP6. The RAID 0 array
is designed for performance. By using two hard disks, the information
can be split evenly between the two, effectively doubling performance.
By setting a RAID 1 array, you are automatically backing up all data.
RAID 1 is a mirroring setup that writes the data to both hard disks whenever
saving to hard disk. RAID 0+1 gives the user the performance of RAID 0
and the security of RAID 1. SoftMenu™ III Only ABIT has SoftMenu™, and
on the VP6, you will find ABIT’s unique
SoftMenu™ III
The VP6’s SoftMenu™ III has special added features and functions that
will allow for maximum performance and enhancement tweaks. The SoftMenu™
III of the VP6 includes a massive range of FSB settings. The base FSB
settings are 66, 68, 75, 80, 83, 100, 103. 105, 110, 112, 115, 120, 124,
133, 140, 145 and 150MHz. From these base settings, adjustments of 0-28
MHz can be selected in increments of 1MHz.
Multi I/O Functions
The VP6 includes 4+4 Channels of Bus Master IDE which support Ultra DMA
100/66/33. In addition to the normal serial and parallel ports the VP6
has 2 USB ports, plus an extra header for 2 extra USB channels. A USB
cable is also included for use with this header. The System BIOS features
and supports Award Plug and Play BIOS and Write-Protect Anti-Virus function
by AWARD BIOS.
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