ABIT BF6 i440BX 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

We thought the ABIT BE6 would be the last i440BX board from ABIT and recommended at that time to wait for the i820 if possible. Well, the i820 is finally here, but the cost of RDRAM is entirely too high. While the use of a Memory Translator Hub (MTH) enables the use of SDRAM on the i820, the added cost and performance hit is too great to make this a viable option.

Once you've made up your mind to go with the i440BX chipset, it's tough to pass up the ABIT BF6. It's a full featured board with minimal draw backs. For overclockers, it offers the greatest flexibility of any board to come through the AnandTech labs to date, all at a very reasonable price. If you desire UDMA/66 support, just grab the BE6-2, which is virtually identical but tacks on a UDMA/66 controller. We said it earlier, and we'll say it again: without a doubt, ABIT has regained the title of overclocking king with the BF6 and SoftMenu III.

How it Rates

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