Gigabyte GA-6CX i820 Slot-1 ATX

The Test

In recent times, choosing a motherboard cannot be completely determined by a Winstone score. Now, many boards come within one Winstone point of each other and therefore the need to benchmark boards against each other falls. Therefore you shouldn't base your decision entirely on the benchmarks you see here, but also on the technical features and advantages of this particular board, seeing as that will probably make the greatest difference in your overall experience.

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The Final Decision

While the 6CX wasn't our pick for Editor's Choice in our January 2000 i820 Motherboard Roundup, the board itself is a very solid and reliable solution which is something we've come to expect from Gigabyte as a manufacturer.

The lack of voltage manipulation and the somewhat limiting FSB settings do not make the 6CX the ideal board for overclockers looking for a good i820 motherboard , but the DualBIOS and VGA BIOS on Motherboard Technology supported by the motherboard help to mask those oversights.

However, as with most other i820 motherboards, the biggest thing keeping the 6CX out of the hands of most users isn't the motherboard itself, but rather the inflated cost of RDRAM. It's too bad that Gigabyte and other motherboard manufacturers spent their time on products that would be rejected by the market as a whole, especially since, at least in this case, the motherboard was fairly well designed.

How it Rates

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