SUMMARY: With Intel and VIA battling it out over the high-end chipset market, many folks have missed a sleeper coming into the picture. SiS has brought into being a Pentium 4 chipset that supports most of today's top tier capabilities and makes for some very surprising (and pleasing) results in the benchmarking department. Come join Asher "Acid" Moses as he takes a hard look at the DFI NS70-EL featuring the SiS645DX chipset. The results just may turn your head.
Dual PIO mode 3/4/5/6 EIDE channels; up to 4 IDE devices
UltraDMA/133 transfer rate up to 133MB/sec
- Super I/O
2 x NS16C550A compatible UARTs
1 x SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port
- External Connectors
2 x USB, 1 x RJ45 LAN, 2 x DB-9, 1 x DB-25, 1 x mouse,1 x keyboard, 1 x game/MIDI, 3 x Audio jacks
- Internal Connectors
1 x connector for 2 additional external USB, 1 x external line-out and mic-in jacks, 2 x audio connectors, 1x IrDA, 2 x IDE, 1x Floppy, 2 x ATX power, 1 x WOL,1 x WOR, CPU fan and system fan connectors
- Power Management
ACPI and OS direct power management
Wake-on event: RTC/USB/Modem/LAN/Keyboard/Mouse
- Hardware Monitor
System, processor temperature, voltage and fan speed
