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Tyan's Trinity 510 motherboard
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| Sun Jan 20, 2002 | 2:01P| PermaLink |
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THOUGH TYAN HAS a reputation for stable, high-quality motherboards, they've never really done anything wild. Tyan doesn't color outside the lines, cut corners, run out of spec, or ruffle any feathers. Well, at least that's the way it used to be. Then Tyan got an exclusive deal to provide motherboards based on AMD's 760MP chipset for the first three months of its availability, and now they have a motherboard based on VIA's controversial and unlicensed P4X266 chipset. What's more, you can overclock it.
VIA's P4X266 chipset has proven itself to be a worthy competitor, not only against DDR offerings from Intel and SiS, but also to Intel's own RDRAM-based chipset. Still, some companies have shied away from VIA Pentium 4 chipset, which isn't licensed from Intel, to stay in Intel's good graces. Tyan, it would seem, isn't worried about Intel's reaction.
I would never have expected the normally buttoned-down Tyan to produce a P4X266 board, much less one that lets you manipulate the system bus. Just how much BIOS freedom do you have with the Trinity 510? How well does it perform? Is Tyan ready for the enthusiast market? Read more to find out.
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FULL STORY @
TECH-REPORT
(http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q1/tyan-trinity510/index.x?pg=1)
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