Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, February 18, 2001 – Recently, VIA Hardware reviewed ABIT's VP6 Dual motherboard and they could not say enough about the design and layout. VIA Hardwarelauded the consideration the designers of the VP6 had given to overclockers. "There is ample room around the CPU sockets for the heat sinks and the ATX power connector is located in the right spot."
The design and layout of a motherboard is a critical measure of a motherboard's success or failure. So it is important that ABIT's designers got it right – "The layout of the VP6 is very well done. The lack of an AMR and an ISA slot, along with no onboard sound is consistent with ABIT's attempts to appeal to the high end user."
The VP6 is a high-end board for serious overclockers. The VP6's RAID feature and dual processors emphasizes this. The RAID feature has the capacity to increase Hard drive performance through RAID 0 – Striping, and data security – Mirroring. Aided by the High Point RAID controller, RAID is an easy to install performance enhancing feature that today's high-end user should not be without.
The VP6's bios is feature rich, packed with all the necessary settings and tweaks available. With ABIT's SoftMenu you are able to define your own settings allowing you, in the words of VIA Hardware – "a true jumperless overclocking experience". With SoftMenu now up to its third incarnation, the VP6 uses tried and tested technology together with more dynamic solutions to aid you get the performance you want out of your CPU.
In conclusion, VIA Hardware had this to say "the VP6 is a feature-rich SMP motherboard that deserves the nod if you plan on overclocking your Pentium 3s"
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