Firing Squad has posted a review on the ASUS P4B266 motherboard.
When Intel originally launched the Pentium 4 processor, the market was slow to embrace the new platform. Not only were processor prices relatively high, but also the new processor required an entirely new platform -- components all the way down to the power supply had to be replaced. Compounding the situation was the limited selection of motherboards; only a handful of manufacturers had products available upon launch, resulting in limited distribution and high prices. Ultimately from the end user's perspective the Pentium 4 initially just didn't make sense, performance was only slightly faster than Pentium III in some application while the aforementioned availability and prices issues made the Pentium 4 platform even less attractive.Read more
