ASUS P3V4X Apollo Pro 133A Slot-1 ATX
by Mike Andrawes on March 17, 2000 1:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
The Test
In recent times, choosing a motherboard cannot be completely determined by a Winstone score. Now, many boards come within one Winstone point of each other and therefore the need to benchmark boards against each other falls. Therefore you shouldn't base your decision entirely on the benchmarks you see here, but also on the technical features and advantages of this particular board, seeing as that will probably make the greatest difference in your overall experience.
Click Here to learn about AnandTech's Motherboard Testing Methodology.
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Test Configuration |
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| Processor(s): |
Intel
Pentium III 733EB
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| RAM: | |
| Hard Drive(s): |
Western Digital 153BA Ultra
ATA 66 7200 RPM
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| Bus Master Drivers: |
VIA 4-in-1 v4.17 Service
Pack
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| Video Card(s): |
NVIDIA
GeForce 256 SDR
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| Video Drivers: |
NVIDIA
Detonator 3.76
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| Operation System(s): |
Windows
98 SE
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| Motherboard Revision: |
ASUS
P3V4X Revision 1.02
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Windows 98 Performance |
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Sysmark
2000
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Content
Creation
Winstone 2000 |
Quake
3 Arena
640x480x16 |
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| ASUS P3V4X - Pentium III 733EB |
156
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29.6
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119.3
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| Tyan Trinity 400 - Pentium III 733EB |
155
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30.0
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118.0
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| FIC KA-11 - Pentium III 733EB |
148
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28.7
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102.0
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| Gigabyte GA-6VX-4X - Pentium III 733EB |
156
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30.0
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120.1
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The Final Decision
We
were extremely impressed with the ASUS P3V4X, so much so that we wanted to award
it our Editor's Choice Gold Award the first time we looked at the board. Now,
2 monthes later, VIA has come through with an updated AGP GART driver that fixes
the performance issues we observed with the P3V4X under Quake 3. By waiting
until now to do so, we can without hesitation give the ASUS P3V4X what it deserves
- an AnandTech Editor's
Choice Gold Award for its rock solid stability, top notch expansion, and the
best overclocking options of any VIA Apollo Pro 133A board we've seen so far.
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Jose_Luis - Thursday, June 1, 2017 - link
The specifications about ASUS P3V4X aren't completed correct because it supports memory 1GB modules so that you can upgrade it until 4GB not 2GB as described here. The operative system can manage 3GB because it needs to use some addresses for the hardware that's because I've been using 3 memory ECC modules of 1GB, total 3GB. The system works perfectly with Windows 7 Professional 32 bit and the latest BIOS upgrade 1006.004.Still_Using_p3v4x - Sunday, August 21, 2022 - link
I tried to go beyond 2GB of RAM and can confirm that the p3v4x will accept a 1GB module but when I put in 3 modules the tower beeped 3 times on startup and the startup graphics didn't display. Can you give me more details on how you made 3GB work? I would love to have that.jack89798 - Thursday, September 2, 2021 - link
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