ABIT BX6 Revision 2.0 Slot-1 BX
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 30, 1999 5:06 PM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Test Configuration |
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| Processor(s): | Intel Pentium II 400 OEM |
| RAM: | 1 - 64MB LGS PC100 SDRAM DIMM 1 x 64MB Mushkin PC100 SDRAM 1 x 64MB Memory-Man PC100 SDRAM |
| Hard Drive(s): | Western Digital Caviar AC35100 - UltraATA |
| Video Card(s): | Matrox Millennium G200 (8MB SGRAM - AGP) |
| Bus Master Drivers: | Microsoft Win98 DMA Drivers |
| Video Drivers: | MGA Millennium G200 Release 1677-411 |
| Operation System(s): | Windows 98 |
| Motherboard Revision: | ABIT BX6 Revision 2.0 |
Windows 98 Performance |
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| Winstone | Quake 2 | |||
| Business 98 | Business 99 | Quake 2 demo1.dm2 | crusher.dm2 | |
| Intel Pentium II 400 (100MHz x 4.0) | 27.8 | 19.2 | 18.6 | 12.8 |
| Intel Pentium II 468 (117MHz x 4.0) | 30.3 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 14.8 |
If you're an overclocker considering a new system, the BX6 Revision 2 is the absolute best ABIT motherboard to hit the market to date, while owners of the BX6 and BH6 will probably want to hang on to their prized possessions until the next major upgrade is deemed necessary by the market.
Non-overclockers will most likely want to pass the BX6 Revision 2 up for the AOpen AX6BC, since they are both equally easy to configure in terms of their jumperless setup utilities, with the AOpen AX6BC still being a much more stable solution for a much more stable system.
ABIT did a wonderful job with the BX6 Revision 2.0, unfortunately the market seems to be getting entirely too competitive for the manufacturer to leave out such major considerations as overall system stability in favor of added overclocking options.
AnandTech Motherboard Rating |
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| Business | |
| Performance | 85% |
| Price | 85% |
| Ease of Use | 94% |
| Overclocked Stability | 95% |
| General Stability | 78% |
| Quality | 80% |
| Documentation | 95% |
| Reliability | 75% |
| Overall Rating | 86% |
The
New Rating System
Each motherboard is rated in 8 areas, Performance, Price, Ease of Use, Overclocked
Stability, Stability, Quality, Documentation, and Reliability.
Do not compare newer scores to older ones, the newer scores are much more aggressive
Performance - How well the motherboard compares to others in its class
Price - How competitive the price of the motherboard is when compared to others in its class
Ease of Use - How easy it is to setup the motherboard, jumper settings, jumperless configuration etc...
Overclocked Stability - How stable the motherboard is at overclocked CPU/Bus speeds
Stability - How stable the motherboard is at normal CPU/Bus speeds
Quality - How much effort went into producing the motherboard
Documentation - How helpful is the manual and bundled support manuals
Reliability - How long will this motherboard last, will it fail? Deals with quantity/size of capacitors, known bugs, etc...
Overall Rating - an average of the eight above areas
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