AOpen AX63 Pro Apollo Pro 133 Slot-1 ATX
by Elliott Lee Hazen on November 6, 1999 4:32 PM 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.
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Test Configuration |
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| Processor(s): |
Intel
Pentium II 400 OEM
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| RAM: |
1
x 64MB Mushkin PC100 SDRAM
1 x 64MB Memory-Man PC100 SDRAM |
| Hard Drive(s): |
Western Digital Caviar AC28400
- UltraATA/33
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| Bus Master Drivers: |
Microsoft Win98 DMA Drivers
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| Video Card(s): |
Matrox
Millennium G200 (8MB SGRAM - AGP)
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| Video Drivers: | |
| Operation System(s): |
Windows
98 SE
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| Motherboard Revision: |
AOpen
AX63 Pro Revision 1.01
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Windows 98 Performance |
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Business
Winstone 99 |
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| Intel Pentium II 400 (100MHz x 4) |
18.6
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| Intel Pentium II 448 (112MHz x 4) |
19.1
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The AOpen AX63 Pro shows AOpen's excellence, even with the VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset. The BIOS is very similar to other AOpen Award BIOS's, which have a few added features above the simple Award BIOS, such as "Turbo defaults" and voltage adjustment. The VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset is not infalliable since it does perform a little slower than Intel's BX. With further VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipsets to be reviewed, it is likely that the AOpen AX63 Pro will be the board to which all others are compared.
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AnandTech Motherboard Rating |
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Business
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| Performance |
85%
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| Price |
87%
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| Ease of Use |
90%
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| Overclocked Stability |
93%
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| General Stability |
94%
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| Quality |
94%
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| Documentation |
85%
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| Reliability |
94%
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| Overall Rating |
90%
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