The Test

Test Configuration

Processor(s):
Intel Pentium III 733EB (for Slot-1 Motherboards)
Intel FC-PGA Pentium III 550E @ 733MHz (for Socket-370 Motherboards)
RAM:
1 x 128MB Corsair PC133 SDRAM
Hard Drive(s):
Western Digital 153BA Ultra ATA 66 7200 RPM
Bus Master Drivers:
VIA 4-in-1 v4.20 BMIDE Driver
Video Card(s):
NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR
Video Drivers:
NVIDIA Detonator 3.76
VIA AGP GART 4.00
Operation System(s):
Windows 98 SE
Motherboard Revisions:
ABIT VA6 Revision 0.5
AOpen MX64 Revision 1.0
ASUS P3V4X Revision 1.02
Elitegroup P6BAP-A+ Revision A
Elitegroup P6BAP-Me Revision A
Elitegroup P6VAP-Me Revision B
EPoX K7XA Revision 0.3
FIC KA-11 Revision 2.2
Gigabyte GA-6VX-4X Revision 1.1
Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X Revision 1.2
Shuttle AV64 Revision 1.3
Tyan Trinity 400 Revision D

Performance

We noticed a huge variance in performance among the motherboards in this roundup. The range of performance figures could be due to a number of possibilities, but the most likely is a simple lack of attention to performance optimizations that could be easily accomplished by tweaking the BIOS. Dealing with the VIA chipsets is different than their Intel counterparts, and motherboard manufacturers need to learn how to deal with the intricacies of the chipsets. The performance figures you're about to see are indicative of a lack of attention to performance tweaking on the part of quite a few of the manufacturers.

Tyan Trinity 400 Rev. D Content Creation Winstone 2000 Performance
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