Philipp 6 Posted September 17, 2001 3D Spotlight has posted a review on the ASUS A7A266, one of ASUS´ new DDR enabled motherboards. Asus have continued their new trend with motherboard features on the A7A, that being five PCI slots, one AGP Pro slot, one AMR slot, no ISA slots, and extra USB ports. The lack of ISA (hopefully) shouldn’t bother most people, but just five PCI slots will. The AGP Pro slot is of absolutely no use for 99% of consumers, who will just be using an AGP card based on the AGP 1.x or 2.x interface (allows up to 4x). However, the minority of high-end systems may be fitted out for high-end graphics work; in such case the Pro slot is a godsend. The other small advantage the pro slot brings is stability. Unlike some AGP designs from the likes of Gigabyte, it features a variable voltage regulator providing no end of current/voltage for ever more power hungry cards in the future (power supply not withstanding). Read more Share this post Link to post
