Gigabyte GA-6OXM7E
Tuesday, September 26, 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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Gigabyte GA-6OXM7E
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6OXM7E F1
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Intel 815E
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Intel patch V2.30.0014
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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 PIII 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 = Tested
Mushkin 128Mb Sdram PC133 CAS2
Micron 128Mb Sdram PC133 CAS2
Transcend 128Mb Sdram PC133
Ziff Davis Winstone99 - Winbench99
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Benchmark
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Winbench CPUmark99
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80.24
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Business Winstone99
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33.30
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Content Creation 2000
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32.88
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Bapco Sysmark2000
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Benchmark
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Official Run
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190
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Video sub-system tests
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Quake2 version 3.20
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Pentium III 866E @ 866Mhz
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Pentium III 866E @ 910Mhz
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Pentium III 866E @ 933Mhz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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180.6 FPS
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183.10 FPS
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182.70 FPS
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Quake3
Test 1.08
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Pentium III 866E @ 866Mhz
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Pentium III 866E @ 910Mhz
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Pentium III 866E @ 933Mhz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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100.70 FPS
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101.93 FPS
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101.43 FPS
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The Overclock frequencies listed above were obtained in the following fashions: 866MHz was obtained using an FSB setting of 133MHz, 910MHz was obtained with an FSB of 140MHz, and 933MHz by using an FSB set to 133MHz in conjunction with a clock multiplier of 7X. In all cases, the processor's Vcore voltage was left unchanged. The reason that the 933MHz results are slightly lower than those at 910MHz, was due to the former's lower FSB setting.
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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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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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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3
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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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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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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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4
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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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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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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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4
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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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3.5
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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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80.5 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
Few space to instal a large procesor cooler
no ISA slot
memory connectors too close to the AGP slot
No Vcore ajustement in the BIOS
no manual IRQs assignement
few hardware included
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The strong points
Excellent performance
Very good stability
Independant memory bus
Integrated hardware monitoring
Integrated AC"97 sound card
Integrated AGP 3D graphics
Interesting feature set
Highly original Overclocking utility
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Special mentions
Though its final score is nothing to get excited about, the Gigabyte GA-6OXM7E has nevertheless managed to capture our attention. We were truly impressed with some of the functions provided by this board, especially the Overclocking utility, and the Dual BIOS support. The excellent software pack that comes with the GA-6OXM7E is also a good selling point, and one we greatly appreciated at a time when manufacturers seem to be stripping their products of such extras. In our humble opinion, the GA-6OXM7E is one of those rare products that will definetly leave buyers with a good impression well after stripping off the shrink-wrap...
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