Asus CUSL2-C Intel 815EP socket 370
Wednesday, January 24, 2001
Test 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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Asus CUSL2-C
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1003
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Intel 815EP
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Intel patch 2.30.021
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Processor
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Memory
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Intel CuMine FC-PGA 1Ghz
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128Mb PC133 CAS2
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Hard disk drive
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Graphic card
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Quantum Fireball KA 9.1Gig
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Chaintech R191 GF 2 GTS 64Mb DDR
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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 4.12.01.0618
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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
Corsair 128Mb SDRAM PC133 CAS2 = Tested
Mushkin 128Mb SDRAM PC133 CAS2
Mushkin 128Mb HSDRAM PC150 CAS2 = Tested
Micron 128Mb SDRAM PC133 CAS2 = Tested
Winstone99 - Winbench99
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Ziff Davis Winstone99 - Winbench99
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Winbench CPUmark99
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90.4
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Business Winstone99
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34.03
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Content Creation 2000
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33.33
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Bapco Sysmark2000
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Benchmark
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Official Run
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195
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Video sub-system tests
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Quake2 version 3.20
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Intel CuMine
1Ghz @ 1Ghz
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Intel CuMine
1Ghz @ 1066Mhz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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250.85 FPS
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264.63
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Quake3
Test 1.08
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Intel CuMine
1Ghz @ 1Ghz
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Intel CuMine
1Ghz @ 1066Mhz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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154.76 FPS
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159.53
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We were able to push our processor to 1066MHz by using a clock multiplier setting of 8X.
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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Asus CUSL2-C Intel 815EP socket 370
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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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4
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Circuit Board 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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4
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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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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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5
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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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4
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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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4
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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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5
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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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5
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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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5
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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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5
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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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5
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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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5
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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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ATA66/100
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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/CNR
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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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4
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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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4
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Features supported (suite)
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RAID
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Alarm
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Soft Menu
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L2 latency adj.
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IRQ assign.
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3
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Total Score obtainned for this motherboard
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90 point out of 100
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Features color codes: Blue = supported, Red = optional, Black = not supported
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Conclusions
The weak points
No ISA slot
Average space provided around the CPU socket
Voltage regulators could have been a bit better
The strong points
Excellent performance
Independant memory bus
Integrated hardware monitoring
Integrated thermal sensor connector
Possible to manually assign IRQs
Exceptional Overclocking features
Special mentions
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The CUSL2-C has proven itself to be a master stroke on Asus' part. In effect, the manufacturer surmounted the usual heights of ingenuity in designing this board. In our opinion, the CUSL2-C offers the best Overclocking capabilities of any board featuring the i815EP chipset. For these reasons, as well as its excellent showing on the score-board, we're happy to give the CUSL2-C both our recommendations, and our "Top Grade Hardware" Award.
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