Round Up - Integrated 3D Graphics Motherboard Shootout
Review by Edward Chang, call sign: Big_E
September 22, 2002
EPoX 4SDM2+ SiS 650
The Board:
EPoX 4SDM2+ based on SiS 650GX (Click image to view larger picture)
In case one wonders what's the difference between a SiS 645 and a SiS 650 Northbridge, the only major difference is that the 650 adds integrated SiS 315 video. EPoX's 4SDM2+ is a solid SiS 650 motherboard. It also integrates Realtek 8100B 10/100 ethernet. Keeping in EPoX tradition, they included nice overclocking features. This is an awesome micro-ATX board.
EPoX 4SDM2+ Features:
SiS 650 Block Diagram
| Specifications | |
| Processor | Intel® Pentium® 4 |
| Core Logic | SiS 650GX Chipset + SiS 961 |
| BIOS | Award/Phoenix BIOS v6.0 |
| Max. FSB | 400MHz |
| Memory | 3 x DDR SDRAM PC2100, 2GB max. |
| Form Factor | MicroATX, 245mm x 245mm |
| Expansion Slots | |
| AGP | 1, 4x (1.5v) |
| PCI | 2, 32-bit |
| Ports | |
| PS/2 | 1 mouse, 1 keyboard. |
| Serial | 2 |
| Parallel | 1 |
| USB | 2 onboard, 4 optional. USB 1.1 |
| Network | 1 x Realtek RTL8100B(L) Fast Ethernet |
| Floppy | 2 drives max. |
| IDE | 2 x E/IDE Ultra DMA/100, 4 drives max. |
| Controllers | |
| Sound | SiS 961 full-duplex integrated sound |
| Special Features | |
| Hardware Monitoring Function provided by Winbond | |
| Keyboard Power On (KBPO) | |
| Suspend To RAM (STR) | |
| CPU clock settings are adjustable by BIOS | |
| EZ Boot | |
| Magic Health | |
| Wake On Lan (WOL) | |
Overclocking:
Good overclocking features like FSB and voltage tweaks.