Motherboards in 2002: Preview from Comdex

ECS - Pentium 4 Parade

We were really surprised to see just how many different versions of Pentium 4 motherboards ECS had at the show. The following picture shows the whole lineup of boards they currently carry; it is worth noting that most of the motherboards in view are Pentium 4 solutions.

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The P4IBAD is ECS's 845 DDR solution.

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ECS also advertised their P4X266 motherboards, specifically the P4VXMD (micro-ATX) and P4VXAD (ATX). In spite of pressure from Intel, ECS will continue to ship P4X266 based solutions.

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ECS also has a SiS 645 board - the P4S5A.

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On the AMD side, ECS is already displaying their SiS 745 solution, the K7S6A. As we mentioned before, the SiS 745 chipset is basically the 735 chipset with DDR 333 support.