This time, Rioworks also led ahead to launch the VIA dual-CPU motherboard. Half year after Apollo Pro 133A was announced, within less than a month after March 2000 when VIA formally announced support for dual CPUs, it is really soon to release a dual-CPUs mainboard. As for its expansion, the absence of ISA slot doesn't effect the whole system. Mainboards offer various choices. The OS surely is the Window 2000 compatible for dual CPUs.
Benchmark result is ok.
Originally it was intended to be compared with the 440BX, dual-CPU mainboard, but the 440BX mainboard went out of order during the test. But the selling point of the Apollo Pro 133A lies on its support for Ultra ATA 66 and FSB 133 instead of whether it is faster than 440BX chip or not. Judging from this, if the Coppermine PentiumIII can work steadfastly, compared with the 440X and the 820 mainboards, it yields to none. Without 64 bit PCI, DIY users still can easily use Window 2000 or FSB 133 Coppermine CPUs to construct a dual-CPU system.