Shuttle AV18 VIA Apollo Pro133A
Wednesday, October 11, 2000
The performance tests results
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Motherboard
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BIOS
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Chipset
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Drivers
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Shuttle AV18
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AV18998C
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VIA Pro133A
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VIA 4-in-1 4.23
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Processor
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Memory
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Hard disk drive
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Graphic card
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Intel CuMine 866Mhz
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128Mb PC133 CAS2
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Quantum KA 9.1
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GeForce 256 SDR
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Operating system
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Built
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Video drivers
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DirectX
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Windows98
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4.10 1998
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Nvidia 4.11.01.0368
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7.0a
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Game
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Resolution
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Refresh
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Vsync
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Color
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Texture
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Filtration
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Quake2 3.20
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800 X 600
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75Hz
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Off
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16-bit
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16-bit
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bi-linear
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Game
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Resolution
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Refresh
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Vsync
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Color
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Texture
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Filtration
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Quake3 1.08
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800 X 600
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75Hz
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Off
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16-bit
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16-bit
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Tri-linear
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Suggested memory to use
Corsair 128Mb Sdram PC133 CAS2
Mushkin 128Mb Sdram PC133 CAS2 = Tested
Micron 128Mb Sdram PC133 CAS2
Transcend 128Mb Sdram PC133
Winstone99 - Winbench99
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Ziff Davis Winstone99 - Winbench99
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Winbench CPUmark99
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77.8
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Business Winstone99
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31.7
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Content Creation 2000
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26.06
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Bapco Sysmark2000
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Benchmark
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Official Run
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168
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Video sub-system tests
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Quake2 version 3.20
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Intel CuMine
866Mhz @ 866Mhz
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Intel CuMine
866Mhz @ 897Mhz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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163.35 FPS
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163.50
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Quake3
Test 1.08
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Intel CuMine
866Mhz @ 866Mhz
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Intel CuMine
866Mhz @ 897Mhz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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93.06 FPS
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93.4
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As in most cases, effective Overclocking of the AV18 was limited by the installed memory. In this case, a 138MHz FSB was the best we could obtain, and that was achieved by raising the memory's CAS latency from 2, to 3 - something that largely nullified any performance gained by Overclocking the FSB.
Disk sub-system tests
Overall Quality Evaluation
The evaluation table below shows both the strong and weak points of the tested motherboard. No need to remind you that performance is not the sole purchasing criteria in a motherboard. Most of today's motherboards exhibit performance very close to each other, so we need additional information in order to help us distinguish the real advantages of a motherboard compared to its competitors. This is exactly where this evaluation table comes in handy.
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Shuttle AV18 VIA Apollo Pro133A
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Feature
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Evaluation
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Design Originality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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1
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Component Layout
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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4
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Heatsink space around CPU
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Capacitiors
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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4
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CPU Retention Mechanism
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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3
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Amounts of Expansion Slots
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Amount of Memory sockets
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Ease of installation
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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BIOS Setup Design
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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3
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Performance
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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3
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Overclockability
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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3
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Stability
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Bundled Software
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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3
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Bundled Hardware
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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3
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Users Manual Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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3
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Packing Quality
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Poor
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Good
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Average
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Excellent
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Top Grade
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5
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Features supported
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ATA66
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PC133
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Wake On LAN
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Modem ring
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Pwr Fail Res
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5
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Features supported (suite)
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Sensor
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AMR
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Mouse Pwr On
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Susp. to RAM
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Susp. to Disk
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3
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Features supported (suite)
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IRDA
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SCSI
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Keyb. Pwr On
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Hardw. mon.
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Vcore adj.
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3
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Features supported (suite)
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RAID
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Alarm
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Jumperless
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L2 latency adj.
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IRQ assign.
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2
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Total Score obtainned for this motherboard
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79 points out of 100
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Features color codes: Blue = supported, Red = optional, Black = not supported
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Conclusions
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The weak points
No Vcore adjustment
manual assignemnt of IRQs is not possible
Sparse hardware bundle
Poor software bundle
very average user's manual
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The strong points
Plenty of space for a heatsink
Independant memory bus
Integrated hardware monitoring
Integrated AC"97 sound-card
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