Len aby sme boli v tom konzistentnom onom: VIA Epia SN18000G s procesorom VIA Nano L2100, ktorá sa nachádza v teste je len predprodukčná vzorka, kde je namiesto VIA C7 práve VIA Nano čo malo ukázať pinovú a čipsetovú kompatibilitu ako aj PR v období kedy ešte nie sú seriové dosky.
VIA Nano sa bude výhradne kombinovať s čipsetmi ako VIA VX800, kde je výkonnejšie grafické jadro VIA Chrome9 HC3 myslené čo do podpory videokodekov, takže bude omnoho efektívnejšie pracovať s rôznymi kodekmi ako jeho predchodca VIA Chrome9 HC a teda aj oproti konkurencii v teste. Samozrejme nebudú chýbať i čipsety Nvidie a v neposlednom rade podpora PCI-E x16 2.0.
"We managed to test VIA Nano processor thanks to a reference board with it that our lab received for a few days. The board turned out none other but a well-known EPIA SN with a new VIA Nano processor instead of the traditional C7. It was totally possible because both these processors are pin-compatible. Nevertheless, I have to stress that there won’t be EPIA SN platform with a Nano processor in the mass market, because VIA is working on a new mainboard for this processor."
Tú istú predreferenčnú dosku mala i fudzilla:
"The tested motherboard was a test platform based on a modified EPIA SN18000, not a retail board. Sadly, some of the boards provided to the media by VIA showed significantly degraded performance due to the aforementioned fault."
"The VIA Nano board reviewed here was in fact a test platform based on a modified EPIA SN18000, not a retail board as stated in the article. Unfortunately, VIA has informed us that some of the reference boards provided to media showed some under-performance due to a fault in the re-working process, which can be quite tricky concerning re-soldering embedded chips. We are expecting to get a replacement board and will do the review over again as soon as possible."
"VIA is eager to provide us with a replacement sample board and we're expecting to do a new review shortly. Hopefully, we will have more luck with the replacement unit and get some higher scores."
"We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused, stay tuned."