MSI 694D Pro Dual Socket-370 Apollo Pro133A ATX
by Mike Andraweson April 9, 2001 1:03 AM EST
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Introduction
For the longest time in the PC market dual processor systems have been reserved
for high-end workstations, and came with a price to match. That all started
to change two years ago when people discovered that Intel’s Celeron could be
run in SMP mode with some modifications. The modifications were not particularly
easy to perform, keeping this market somewhat limited, but ABIT took a big step
towards broadening that market by releasing the BP6,
a dual Scoket-370 motherboard using the i440BX chipset. With the BP6, you could
simply drop in two Socket-370 processors and you were ready to go. The fact
that the BP6 was relatively inexpensive, combined with the cheap Celeron CPU’s
meant that anyone who wanted a dual processor system could have one at last.
As far back as Fall
Comdex of 1999, we got word that the popular 694X North Bridge of the VIA
Apollo Pro133A chipset actually featured SMP support, although it was not
public knowledge at that time. Before the 694X, an external ASIC was required
to enable SMP support on the i440BX and i440GX chipsets, but the integrated
SMP ASIC in the VIA Apollo Pro133A promised to lower the price of dual Socket-370
motherboards even further. Nevertheless, it took quite a while before the Apollo
Pro 133A was actually available on a dual processor board. Fast forward a bit
to last year’s Computex
in Taipei, where we started to spot quite a few such boards. From there,
the race was on, with just about everyone at least planning to release a dual
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With the price of Intel processors constantly dropping, and operating systems
such as Windows 2000 and Linux supporting multiple processors, dual processing
is becoming more and more common. For various sized companies, where intensive
processing is needed, dual processor systems fit the bill perfectly. Even for
home users, a dual processor systemis now affordable enough for those needing
(or wanting) more processing power.
As always, getting the right motherboard is quite possibly the toughest, and
quite possibly most important, part of your decision making process when you
still building your system. You don’t want to spend more money on features
that you don’t need, and most of all you don’t want to get a board with poor
performance or stability. Therefore in the coming weeks, we will try to review
some of the most common dual Socket-370 motherboards available today and find
out which one is the best.
Since the MSI 694D Pro was the first
Apollo Pro133A dual Socket-370 board we received last year, right after the
Computex, it only makes sense that this board has become the “reference” for
comparison.
Keep in mind that this motherboard has been in the market for quite some time,
yet it still manages to be a good pick. Without further ado, let’s see how
this board performs under AnandTech’s microscope.
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MSI 694D Pro — Value Dual Socket-370 Motherboard Roundup
by Mike Andraweson August 24, 2001 12:00 PM EST
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The 694D Pro was actually the first dual Socket-370 motherboard with the Apollo
Pro133A chipset to arrive in our labs, shortly after the announcement of SMP support
by VIA. And just as impressive as the speed of arrival, the performance and the
stability of the board are incredible.
Although the 694D Pro has been out for well over a year, it is still one of
the most stable Apollo Pro133A motherboards we have tested to date. Performance
suffers slightly due to the 686A South Bridge on board, but nonetheless it’s
still very decent. Newer versions of the board should have the 686B on-board
by now. One downside to the 694D Pro is the lack of an onboard SCSI or IDE RAID
controller, something that has been corrected by its successors. Nonetheless,
the board offers a two-chip IEEE 1394 Firewire setup.
Promise Ultra ATA 100 IDE controller without RAID support.
Texas Instrument two-chip IEEE 1394 Firewire setup.
Those successors are the 694D Pro2, 694D Pro2-R, and the 694D Pro2-IR, which
contain different features like RAID and Firewire depending on the exact model.
These boards all have the 686B south bridge. Unlike ASUS, this plethora of models
gives you more flexibility in finding a board that suits your needs best.
Overclocking was pretty good on the board as well, hitting 147MHz without any
problems. At 152MHz the board lost stability quickly and wasn’t able to finish
any tests.
If anything, because of the release date of the board, the 694D Pro should
be used more as a reference point than a contestant. After all, its successors
provide more features and performance. One thing is for sure, the 694D Pro helped
set the standard in the value dual Socket-370 motherboard market.
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