Azza KT133BX
Wednesday, January 10, 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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Azza KT133BX
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VIA KT133
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VIA 4-en-1 4.24
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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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AMD Athlon T-Bird 1Ghz
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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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MÚmoire suggÚrÚe
Corsair 128Mb SDRAM PC133 CAS2 = Tested
Mushkin 128Mb SDRAM PC133 CAS2
Mushkin 128Mb HSDRAM PC150 CAS2 = Tested
Micron 128Mb SDRAM PC133 CAS2 = Tested
Transcend 128Mb SDRAM PC133
Winstone99 - Winbench99
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Ziff Davis Winstone99 - Winbench99
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Winbench CPUmark99
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90.23
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Business Winstone99
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33.67
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Content Creation 2000
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33.9
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Bapco Sysmark2000
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Benchmark
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Official Run
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187
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Video sub-system tests
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Quake2 version 3.20
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AMD Athlon
T-Bird 1Ghz @ 1Ghz
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AMD Athlon
T-Bird @ 1060hz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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181.75 FPS
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182.52
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Quake3
Test 1.08
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AMD Athlon
T-Bird 1Ghz @ 1Ghz
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AMD Athlon
T-Bird 1Ghz @ 1060Mhz
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800 X 600 X 75Hz X 16-bit
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99.91 FPS
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101.24
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Our Overclocking tests with the KT133BX went rather well. In fact, we were able to boost the FSB speed up to 106MHz without encountering any difficulties.
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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3
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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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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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5
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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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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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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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4
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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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4
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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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2
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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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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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80 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
Not possible to adjust the Vcore from the BIOS
Can't manually assign IRQs
Small hardware bundle
Somewhat limited space around the CPU socket
The strong points
Excellent performance
Excellent selection of FSB frequencies
Independant memory bus
Integrated hardware monitoring
Integrated AC"97 sound-card
Special mentions
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To put it bluntly, Azza's latest brain-child was a joy to work with. It made quite a good showing on all accounts, and managed to put on a performance superior to that of many of its competitors. In short, we give our highest recommendations to the Azza KT133BX, without reservations. This being said, the Azza KT133BX has earned our "High Grade Hardware Award" for its good ovwerall score.
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