by Anton Shilov
07/16/2003 | 05:28 PM
We supposed a couple of days ago that mainboard makers will from now loudly announce if their mainboard support Intel’s next-generation speedy-demon code-named Prescott since this should boost market acceptance of such products. Apparently, we were right and some companies have already stated to make themselves hype.
<%BANNER[article]%>According to this Chinese web-site, an unnamed Gigabyte Technology representative has quietly told this web-site that its i865PE and i875P-based mainboards featuring DPS will be fully compatible with Intel Prescott processor. As stated by the quote, Gigabyte’s Dual Power System on all Springdale and Canterwood platforms is able to support up to FMB 2.0 guidelines of VRM 10.0 standard, as a result, systems with such mainboards will be able to function with Prescott CPUs featuring 800MHz Quad Pumped Bus and 1MB of L2 cache.
Frankly speaking, I have no idea if there are FMB 2.0 guidelines ratified by Intel for the VRM 10.0; and if there are no, how can they already be supported by Gigabyte and its mainboards?
Remember that the information is not official and should not be treated as a guiding principle for getting an advanced mainboard from Gigabyte straight away.