VIA
P4PB 400 Mainboard Powers Industry’s Leading Gaming Systems
World's best gamers give thumbs up to VIA P4PB 400
Mainboard at the recent QuakeCon 2002, with a host of major design wins from
leading gaming system integrators.
Taipei, Taiwan, 19 September
2002 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of
silicon
chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today
announced the new VIA P4PB 400 Mainboard featuring the blisteringly fast VIA
Apollo P4X400 chipset has been chosen to power gaming rigs from a host of
leading System Integrators including ABS Computers, Microtel Systems, Leadman
Electronics, Elco Systems, Voyageur Systems and Polywell Computers.
Systems from each vendor were
demonstrated by VIA at the recent QuakeCon 2002 in Mesquite, Texas. Gamers
attending the event were blown away by the power, stability and leading edge
features that make the VIA P4PB 400 Mainboard such a compelling choice for
gamers and PC enthusiasts.
“The VIA P4PB 400 mainboard
with its emphasis on performance and the very latest connectivity features, is a
natural choice for gaming systems and VIA is proud it has been chosen by such a
prestigious line-up of vendors,” said Richard Brown, Director of Marketing VIA
Technologies, Inc. “The enthusiastic response from gamers who tested the systems
at QuakeCon 2002 illustrates why VIA chipsets and mainboards are developing a
growing presence in this exciting segment of the PC market.”
“Since
the introduction of Voyageur's GamerSolution System based on VIA Motherboards
and Intel Pentium 4 Processors, we have been extremely pleased with the
platform's lightning quick speed and outstanding reliability. Typically one does
not expect this type of top shelf performance from such an aggressively priced
motherboard. Our customers have praised VOYAGEUR for providing a rock solid
system at such a competitive price. VIA Motherboards seem to have it all,”
commented David Bollig, president of VoyageurPC.com.
“ABS
Computer is very excited to partner with VIA to showcase its new performance
motherboard engineered for serious gaming. People attending QuakeCon 2002 were
delighted to see this new cutting-edge product from VIA,” said Hip Lee, General
Manager, ABS Computer.
“Leadman
Electronics is a leading distributor of cutting edge technology solutions to the
gaming market,” said Jim Liang, National Sales Marketing Manager, Leadman
Electronics, Inc. “The VIA P4PB 400 Mainboard is a high performance, feature
rich solution that allows us to deliver a superior PC system at unbelievably
aggressive price points and is sure to be a big success with our demanding
customer base.”
“Elco
Systems’ ‘V8’ brand system gamer series were presented at the VIA Gaming Zone at
QuakeCon 2002. Elco Systems (Canada) selected the VIA P4PB 400 motherboard as
the core of the ‘V8’ gamer series simply for the performance,” said Frankie
Wong, President, Elco Systems, Canada. “The ‘V8’ gamer series is the dream
machine for the gamers at very reasonable price.”
“We
found the VIA P4PB 400MHz DDR Pentium 4 Motherboard gives best price, features
and performance ratio among all the motherboards that Polywell carries today. It
enables us to produce a better value PC to be able to compete in the market. I
believed this will be a best selling product in next few months,” Sam Chu, CEO
of Polywell Computers, Inc.
VIA
P4PB 400 Mainboard
The VIA P4PB 400 fully exploits the
performance and connectivity capabilities of VIA's most advanced chipset
combination, the Apollo P4X400 North Bridge and VT8235 South Bridge. Performance
features includes AGP 8X and 533MHz FSB support, as well as the industry's
fastest memory controller, providing the Pentium® 4 with up to 2700MB/sec of
fast DDR333 SDRAM memory. The VIA P4PB 400's unsurpassed connectivity features
include integrated USB 2.0/1.1, IDE ATA/133, onboard IEEE 1394, 10/100 LAN, and
a Smart Card connector. The onboard VIA audio solution provides six channels of
studio quality, crisp, digital surround sound, rounding out this totally
connected multimedia package.
Ultimate Gaming PC
Spotlight on VIA Arena
The
feature rich VIA Mainboards are enabling leading system integrators to bring top
performing, value for money gaming systems to market. For further information on
the companies and the systems, please see the ‘Ultimate Gaming PC Spotlight’
article on the VIA Arena website at:
http://www.viaarena.com/?
PageID=177.
