Muscle-Flexing: 6 Dual CPU Boards

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Up Close & Personal: The Features Of All Boards Tested

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Manufacturer ASUS MSI Gigabyte Elitegroup Rioworks Rioworks
Model CUV4X-D 694D Pro 6VXDC7 D6VAA SDVIA - 100 SDVIA - LS
CPU Voltage Sockel 370 Sockel 370 Sockel 370 Sockel 370 Sockel 370 Sockel 370
Northbridge VT694XDP VT82C694X VT82C694XDP VT82C694X VT82C694X VT82C694X
Southbridge VT82C686B VT82C686A VT82C686A VT82C686B VT82C596B VT82C596B
Form Factor ATX ATX ATX ATX ATX ATX
Memory
Max Memory (MByte) 4 GB 2 GB 1,5 GB 1,5 GB 2 GB 2 GB
SDRAM Slots 4 4 4 3 4 4
Standard-Equipment
Size (length x width) 30,5 cm x 25,5 cm 30,5 cm x 25,5 cm 30,5 cm x 24,5 cm 30,5 cm x 24,4 cm 30,5 cm x 24,4 cm Row 10 - Cell 6
ISA-Slots no no 1 0 0 0
PCI-Slots 5 5 5 5 6 6
AGP 4X no 1 1 1 0 0
AGP 4X (Pro) 1 no no no 1 1
ACR / AMR / CNR no/no/no 1/no/no no/no/no 1/no/no no/no/no no/no/no
parallel 1 1 1 1 1 1
seriell 2 2 2 2 2 2
external USB-Ports 2 2 2 2 2 2
external USB-connectors onboard 2 no 2 2 0 0
IDE-channels 2 x ATA100 2 x ATA 66 2 x ATA 66 2 x ATA100 2 x ATA100 2 x Raid 100 2x ATA 100
SCSI-Connectors (68pin/50pin) no no no no no/no yes/yes
Fan Headers 4 x 3Pin Standart 2 x CPU, 1 x System 2 x CPU, 2 x System 2 x CPU, 2 x System 2 x CPU, 1 x System 2x CPU 3x System
Additional Onboard-Interfaces
AC97 Sound no Winbond (W839710) no Avance Logic (ALC100P) no no
Audio-Connectors externalLine Out/In/Mic no yes/yes/yes no/no/no yes/yes/yes no/no/no no/no/no
Audio-Connectors internalNumbers of Line-Ins no 3 no 2 0 0
Wake on LAN (WOL) yes yes yes yes yes yes
Wake on Modem (WOM) yes yes yes yes yes yes
Infrared yes yes yes yes yes yes
Intrusion Dectection Sensor no no no no yes yes
Thermal Probe underneath CPU yes yes yes yes yes yes
additional UltraATA/100-Interfaces no Promise ATA100 no Higth Point 370 Raid (AMI) no
Piezo Loudspeaker onboard yes yes yes yes yes yes
Ajustment Options
FSB Clock Adjustable via Bios, dipswitches Bios dipswitches Bios Bios Bios
FSB-Range 68 MHz - 166 MHz 120 - 200 MHz 66 - 152 MHz 66 bis 160 MHz 133 bin 150 MHz 133 bin 150 MHz
1 MHz Steps For FSB Clock? no no no no no no
CPU-Core Voltage adjustable via no Bios no no no no
Range of CPU-Core Voltage no 1,600 - 2,100 V no no no no
0.025 V steps possible for Vcore? no no no no no no
0,5x steps for multiplier possible? no yes yes yes yes yes
Multiplier Range no 3.0x - 8.0x 3.0x - 8.0x 7.0x - 12.0x 3.5x - 8.5x 3.5x - 8.5x
BIOS und Revisions
BIOS Award Award AMI Award Award Award
BIOS Version Rev. 1007 Beta 002 (11.04.2001) W6321MS V3.3 (30.01.2001) 6VXDC7 F6 (01.03.2001) D6VAA 1.0f (31.01.2001) V 1.70 (16.05.2001) V1.11 (27.12.2000)
Board Revision 1.03 1.0 1.0 1/1 Rev.: D Rev.: D
Comments
PLL Chips Row 48 - Cell 1 n/a ICS 9279BF-01 ICS 9250BF-18 ICS 9250BF-18 Winbond W83195R-08
SCSI Controller no no no no no yes
SCSI Controller (Info) no no no no no Adaptec 7892 Ultra3 SCSI
NIC no no no no 10 / 100 MBit Intel 82559 10 / 100 MBit Intel 82559
Board Variations Row 52 - Cell 1 Row 52 - Cell 2 Row 52 - Cell 3 Row 52 - Cell 4 SDVIA / SDVIA - LS SDVIA / SDVIA - 100
Specialities
Positive Reboots with standard settings after crash/freeze due to overclocking Promise-Controller PGP-Clamp HP370 - Controller AMI-RAID Row 54 - Cell 6
Row 55 - Cell 0 Row 55 - Cell 1 2x FireWire-Controller ISA-Slot Row 55 - Cell 4 Stability SCSI - Controller
Row 56 - Cell 0 No ACR / AMR / CNR Slots D-LED Row 56 - Cell 3 D - LED Connector No ACR / AMR / CNR Slots OnBoard - LAN
Negative Row 57 - Cell 1 CNR-Slot Dual-Bios, second socket empty CNR - Slots Row 57 - Cell 5 Very Slow
Row 58 - Cell 0 Row 58 - Cell 1 Promise-Controller cannot be disabled Row 58 - Cell 3 Row 58 - Cell 4 Row 58 - Cell 5 Row 58 - Cell 6
Included in Shipment
Row 60 - Cell 0 1 x USB-Adapter 1 x Handbuch (Board) 1 x CD (Driver) 1 x CD (Driver) 1 x CD (Driver) 1 x CD (Driver)
Row 61 - Cell 0 1 x IDE-Kabel PIO 4 1 x Aufkleber (D-LED) 1 x Manual (Board) 1 x Manual (Board) 1 x Manual (Board) 1 x Manual (Board)
Row 62 - Cell 0 1 x IDE-Kabel ATA66 1 x Infoblatt (D-LED) 1 x Floppy-Cable 1 x Floppy-Cable 1 x Floppy-Cable 1 x SCSI Cable
Row 63 - Cell 0 1 x Floppy-Kabel 1 x FireWire-Adapter 1 x IDE-Cable ATA 66/100 1 x IDE-Cable ATA 66/100 1 x IDE-Cable ATA 66/100 1 x SCSI Terminator
Row 64 - Cell 0 1 x CD (Treiber) 1 x Floppy-Kabel Row 64 - Cell 3 1 x Info-Pages (HP370) 2 x Driver-Disk (AMI-Raid) 1 x Floppy-Cable
Row 65 - Cell 0 1 x Handbuch (Board) 1 x IDE-Kabel ATA 66 Row 65 - Cell 3 Row 65 - Cell 4 1 x Manual (AMI-Raid) 1 x IDE-Cable ATA 66/100
Row 66 - Cell 0 Row 66 - Cell 1 1 x IDE-Kabel ATA PIO 4 Row 66 - Cell 3 Row 66 - Cell 4 1 x Handbuch (AMI-Raid) 1 x IDE-Cable ATA
Row 67 - Cell 0 Row 67 - Cell 1 1 x CD (Treiber) Row 67 - Cell 3 Row 67 - Cell 4 1 x Info Leaflet (Board) 1 x Info Leaflet (Board)
Row 68 - Cell 0 Row 68 - Cell 1 Row 68 - Cell 2 Row 68 - Cell 3 Row 68 - Cell 4 Row 68 - Cell 5 1 x SCSI Cable Standard
Row 69 - Cell 0 Row 69 - Cell 1 Row 69 - Cell 2 Row 69 - Cell 3 Row 69 - Cell 4 Row 69 - Cell 5 Row 69 - Cell 6
Fotos
Row 71 - Cell 0 Row 71 - Cell 1 1. FireWire-Anschlüsse 1. Dual-BIOS Row 71 - Cell 4 Row 71 - Cell 5 Row 71 - Cell 6
Row 72 - Cell 0 Row 72 - Cell 1 2. D-LED 2. ISA-Slot Row 72 - Cell 4 Row 72 - Cell 5 Row 72 - Cell 6
Row 73 - Cell 0 Row 73 - Cell 1 3. CNR-Slot Row 73 - Cell 3 Row 73 - Cell 4 Row 73 - Cell 5 Row 73 - Cell 6