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): |
Athlon
"Thunderbird" 1 GHz OEM
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| RAM: | |
| Hard Drive(s): |
Western Digital 153BA
Ultra ATA 66 7200 RPM
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| Bus Master Drivers: |
VIA 4-in-1 v4.23 Service
Pack
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| Video Card(s): |
NVIDIA
GeForce 256 SDR
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| Video Drivers: |
NVIDIA
Detonator 5.22
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| Operation System(s): |
Windows
98 SE
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| Motherboard Revision: |
FIC
AZ-11 Revision 1.1
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Windows 98 Performance |
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Sysmark
2000
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Content
Creation
Winstone 2000 |
Quake
3 Arena
640x480x16 |
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| FIC AZ-11 - Athlon 1000 (KT133) |
191
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36.7
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134.6
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| Gigabyte GA-7ZM - Athlon 1000 (KT133) |
186
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31*
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133.4
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| VIA KT133 Reference - Athlon 1000 (KT133) |
190
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37.5
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133.4
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* Our Gigabyte GA-7ZM
sample was acting up on us during benchmarking.
We'll be working with Gigabyte to ensure that we have proper scores
in the near future.
Final Words
Once again, FIC has one of the first motherboards on the market to support AMD's recently released CPU - this time it's the Thunderbird / Duron Socket-A processors. While FIC has made a concerted effort to make their board stand out with features like NOVUS II utilities, its simply not enough for most AnandTech readers, especially those looking to overclock their systems. Our recommendation: don't jump on the first available Socket-A motherboard, no matter how tempting it may be. If you can, wait for the first wave of Socket-A motherboards to come through and pick the best of that bunch.
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