Gigabyte GA-6OXE
Intel 815EP
Friday, January 12, 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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Gigabyte GA-6OXE
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Intel 815EP
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Intel 2.30.021
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Processor
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Memory
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Intel CuMine 1Ghz FC-PGA
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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 9.1
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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
Mushkin 128Mb SDRAM PC133 CAS2
Mushkin 128Mb HSDRAM PC150 CAS2 = Tested
Micron 128Mb SDRAM PC133 CAS2 = Tested
Transcend 128Mb SDRAM PC133
Ziff Davis Winstone99 - Winbench99
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Benchmark
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Winbench CPUmark99
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90.36
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Business Winstone99
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34.4
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Content Creation 2000
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34.16
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Bapco Sysmark2000
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Benchmark
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Official Run
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193
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Video sub-system tests
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Quake2 version 3.20
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Intel Pentium III CuMine FC-PGA 1Ghz @ 1Ghz
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Intel Pentium III CuMine FC-PGA 1Ghz @ 1050Mhz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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260.3.00 FPS
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270.2
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Quake3
Test 1.08
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Intel Pentium III CuMine FC-PGA 1Ghz @ 1Ghz
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Intel Pentium III CuMine FC-PGA 1Ghz @ 1050Mhz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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159.33 FPS
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163.8
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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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Gigabyte GA-6OXE Intel 815EP
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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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5
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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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3
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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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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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4
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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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4
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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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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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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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SB-Link
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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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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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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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2
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Total Score obtainned for this motherboard
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86 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 ability to manually assign IRQs
Little latitude given to adjust the Vcore voltage
Rather weak regulators filtration capacitors
The strong points
Superior performance
Great stability
Superior FSB setting versatility
Integrated hardware monitoring
Excellent software bundle
Integrated Dual BIOS technology
Special mentions
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For its excellent performance, great stability, originality, terrific software pack, and high scoring, the Gigabyte GA-6OXE has earned the distinction of our "High Grade Hardware Award". Thus, as you can guess, we wouldn't hesitate to recommend this board to anyone not being an Overclocking unconditional.
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