Microstar BXMaster i440BX Slot-1 ATX
by Mike Andrawes on January 29, 2000 2:29 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
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.
Click Here to learn about AnandTech's Motherboard Testing Methodology.
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Test Configuration |
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| Processor(s): | Intel
Pentium III 550E Provided by Memman |
| RAM: | 1
x 128MB Samsung Original PC133 Provided by Mushkin |
| Hard Drive(s): | Western Digital Expert 418000 - UltraATA/66 |
| Bus Master Drivers: | Promise Ultra ATA 66 Bus Master Version 1.43 |
| Video Card: | NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR 32MB AGP |
| Video Drivers: | NVIDIA Detonator Reference Drivers 3.68 |
| Operation System(s): | Windows 98 SE |
| Motherboard Revision: | MSI BXMaster Revision 1.0 |
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Windows 98 Performance |
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| Sysmark 2000 | Content Creation Winstone 2000 |
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| Intel Pentium III 550E (5.5 x 100) | 126 | 24.6 |
| Intel Pentium III 690E (5.5 x 126) | 143 | 28 |
With
no major problems and a feature list that surpasses every other i440BX board
on the market, the BXMaster
is the most practical i440BX board on the market. With the weak memory performance
of the VIA Apollo Pro 133/133A boards, the high cost of RDRAM on an i820, and
the performance hit induced by using an MTH/SDRAM on the i820, the BXMaster
is possibly the best current companion for a Coppermine CPU, as long as you
don't want to get into any extreme overclocking.
With all that in mind, there is no way we could deny the BXMaster the prestigious AnandTech Editor's Choice Gold.
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AnandTech Motherboard Rating |
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| Business | |
| Performance | 88% |
| Price | 85% |
| Ease of Use | 92% |
| Overclocked Stability | 93% |
| General Stability | 93% |
| Quality | 90% |
| Documentation | 88% |
| Reliability | 88% |
| Overall Rating | 90% |
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