Shuttle HOT-683 LX Socket-370 Preview
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 12, 1999 6:08 PM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Test Configuration |
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| Processor(s): | Intel Celeron 366 |
| RAM: | 1 - 64MB Memory Man PC100 SDRAM DIMM |
| 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: | Shuttle HOT-683 Pre-release Revision 1.1 |
Windows 98 Performance |
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| Winstone | Quake 2 | |||
| Business 98 | Business 99 | Quake 2 demo1.dm2 | crusher.dm2 | |
| Intel Celeron 366 (66MHz FSB) | 26.0 | 18.1 | 14.4 | 11.0 |
| Intel Celeron 413 (75MHz FSB) | 27.7 | 19.3 | 16.3 | 12.0 |
| Intel Celeron 458 (83MHz FSB) | 29.6 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 13.1 |
For a cheap, secondary system, the LX chipset is the way to go, and combined with the Socket-370 Celerons, don't expect this investment to last too long, but it'll handle just about anything you'll throw at it.
AnandTech Motherboard Rating |
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| Business | |
| Performance | 81% |
| Price | 88% |
| Ease of Use | 85% |
| Overclocked Stability | 80% |
| General Stability | 88% |
| Quality | 82% |
| Documentation | 75% |
| Reliability | 80% |
| Overall Rating | 82% |
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Stability, Stability, Quality, Documentation, and Reliability.
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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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