ABIT BX133-RAID i440BX Socket-370 ATX Mainboard Manufacturer : Abit Reviewed by: Date : August 02nd 2000

Introduction

The i440BX was introduced by INTEL to support AGP 2X and 100MHz Front Side Bus ,that the 400LX boards of the time didn't support. So how did the i440BX chipset survive over a period of more than two years in a world where today's technology is obsolete by the end of the day? Add to that the fact that companies like ABIT still introducing new boards based on the i440BX chipset!! It's simply unbelievable!!

ABIT was one of the first manufacturers to tweak the i440BX chipset by releasing the BE6 board, which had a HighPoint Ultra ATA/66 controller. Since the debut of the BX chipset, manufactures have tried everything possible to enhance the BX boards to keep up with newer entrants from INTEL and VIA.

The BE6-2 and BF6 boards introduced the softmenu III, the jumperless overclocking suite in the BIOS that brought up the possibility of overclocking the FSB up to a maximum of 200MHZ in gradual 1MHz increments.

Having seen all possible tweaks already done on i440BX based boards & with new releases from INTEL, we thought that the BX era would quietly die away. And since features like AGP 4X are necessarily functions of the chipset what more could ABIT have possible done? Well hold on to your guns folk cause the BX-133-RAID comes with a whole load of new features!

Table of contents

Introduction	The Tests
Specifications	Conclusion
The Board