 SOYO MainBoard SY-6IBM
Manufacturer - SOYO
Thursday, August 19, 1999 02:09 PM - Hilbert Hagedoorn
Hardware used
Pentium II Mendocino 333Mhz 66MHz Bus OC'ed at 375MHz
64Mb PC 100 SDRam 
Software used
Windows 98 build 4.10.2131
DirectX 6.x
Supplied ATi Rage 128 VR drivers
General
Single-CPU Slot 1 Based Mini-ATX mainboard With Intel BX chipset with
integrated ATi Rage 128 AGP graphicscard With 8Mb and Yamaha YMF740 3D soundcard.
The Review
Soyo is a motherboard manufacturer with a stronghold in
Europe. They have been in this marksegment for many years now and are very successful. The
company originates from Taiwan. Now, why such an extensive review on a motherboard you say
? Well, Powercolor did it in December, Soyo did it in January '99. They released a
new line of motherboards with integrated sound- and graphicscard. The Intel BX based
motherboard in this review (mamma from now on) has an integrated ATi Rage 128 Pro chipset
on it and a Yamaha 740 3D soundcard.
At this time there are no other
sound/Videocard integrated mamma's from Soyo. Currently there are some projects going on
in Taiwan. But ofcourse they are pretty much secret. They probably will be equipped with
Permedia4 or TNT-2. I understand that its also possible to buy Voodoo 3 -200 chips for
integrated usage. So who knows what Soyo will bring us.
Soyo choose to make use of integrated
mamma's so that they can offer the consumer a total/all-in-one solution. This way the
consumer does not have to look into the choice of buying a Motherboard, Soundcard and or
Videocard. Ofcourse this solution is also much cheaper then buying stand alone parts.
This review will exist out of three part
and a conclusion.
Coming up - The Intel BX Mainboard
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