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Motherboard for your Office

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PCQ Bureau
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The Asus P4S133-VM is a good P4 motherboard for office users. It is based on

the SiS 650 chipset and supports Socket 478 processors with 400 MHz FSB only.

The on-board video is supplemented with an 4x AGP port that can be used for a

better performing card, and sound support is provided in the form of a SiS 7012

AC97 codec that has 5.1-channel sound capabilities. This chipset runs using

SDRAM memory, and can accommodate up to 2GB of it in its two memory banks. 2 USB

ports are present on the motherboard itself, and two more can be put using a

module that is included in the package.

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This board also has a Smart Card reader

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ASUS P4S133-VM MOTHERBOARD
Price:
Rs 5,450 (two year warranty)
Meant for: 
Office users
Feature:
1 AGP, 3 PCI and 2 + 2 USB slots, on-board audio and video
Pros:
Good set of features
Cons:
No 533 FSB support
Contact:
Zeta Technologies, Mumbai
Tel: 
022-4102288
E-mail:
tejas@zetaindia.com

Additionally, the board also has smart card reader and infrared support. All

motherboard configurations can be done through the BIOS setup, and no physical

changes to jumpers are required.

We tested the motherboard using a 2.2 GHz  P4 processor, 128 MB PC-133

SDRAM, GeForce 2 GTS and Seagate Barracuda ATA II hard drive. SiS has really

been bringing out some good chipsets over the recent past, and the performance

of this motherboard is another example. It was able to give us just as good

scores as the other Intel and VIA chipset based boards. A 51.4 in Content

Creation and 46 in Business Winstone 2001 justifies this opinion. In Quake III

Arena, it delivered an impressive 207 fps at 640x480x16 and 207 at 1024x768x32

resolution.

The Bottom Line: At Rs 5,450 this motherboard makes quite a good deal.

Its micro ATX form factor can be accommodated in small cabinets that are typical

of most office settings, and there are no major features lacking.

Anuj Jain at PCQ Labs

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