Review of Slot 1 Motherboards with Intel 440BX Chipset - Spring 1998

Benchmark Results

Winstone 98 was ran in the following configuration :

  • OS Windows 95 OSR 2.1
  • Screen Resolution 1024x768, 16 bit color, 85 Hz vertical refresh
  • SCSI Hard Drive IBM DGVS 09U
  • SCSI Adapter Adaptec 2940UW
  • RAM 64 MB Corsair PC100 SDRAM
  • Graphics Card Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro AGP, driver built 2255
  • Intel Pentium II 400 CPU
  • L2 Cache ECC was turned off in all boards

As you can see, the differences are minimal.

Ran with additional Creative Labs 3D Blaster Voodoo2.

Ran with additional Creative Labs 3D Blaster Voodoo2.

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