Socket A Is Coming: Test of 10 Boards

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Sysmark 2000

The Asus A7V dominates, significantly under Windows 98, only slightly under Windows 2000. It is always astounding how regularly Asus is at the top of our benchmark charts. The Chaintech board clearly loses ground under Windows 2000, all other candidates are close together.

Uwe Scheffel
Uwe Scheffel
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