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VIA's Apollo Pro266
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| Sat Jan 27, 2001 | 1:50A| PermaLink |
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VIA's big release for 1998, the long delayed Apollo Pro Plus, sputtered like a wet firework. The actual chipset (consisting of the 693/596A North/Southbridge) was not a technical failure, but was actually a strategic blunder. Intel's own BX chipset had been on shelves for nearly 6 months before the Pro Plus finally made it to market, and the Pro Plus offered no advantages over the ubiquitous BX. To top matters off, Intel's implementation of the memory and AGP controllers was very good, and the Pro Plus simply couldn't compete performance wise. As a result, few manufacturers sold boards based on the Apollo Pro Plus, and it became just another one of the also-rans in the P6 chipset market.
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FULL STORY @
VIAHARDWARE
(http://www.viahardware.com/pro2661.shtm)
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