Shuttle HOT-681 BX Socket-370
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 20, 1999 7:15 PM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Test Configuration |
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| Processor(s): | Intel Celeron 366 |
| RAM: | 1 - 64MB Mushkin PC100 SDRAM 1 - 64MB Memory Man PC100 SDRAM DIMM |
| Hard Drive(s): | Western Digital Caviar AC35100 - UltraATA |
| Video Card(s): | Matrox Millennium G200 (8MB SGRAM - AGP) |
| Bus Master Drivers: | Microsoft Win98 DMA Drivers |
| Video Drivers: | MGA Millennium G200 Release 1677-411 |
| Operation System(s): | Windows 98 |
| Motherboard Revision: | Shuttle HOT-681 Revision 1.2 |
Windows 98 Performance |
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| Winstone | Quake 2 | |||
| Business 98 | Business 99 | Quake 2 demo1.dm2 | crusher.dm2 | |
| Intel Celeron 366 (66MHz FSB) | 26.0 | 18.1 | 14.4 | 11.0 |
A true example of the equivalence in performance between the LX and BX chipsets with 66MHz FSB Celeron processors, the HOT-681 performed identically to its LX based sister, the HOT-683.
The BX based HOT-681 doesn't offer any significant advantages over the HOT-683 (LX) to justify purchasing it, simply because most 66MHz FSB Celeron processors aren't of a high enough yield to overclock reliably to their 100MHz FSB counterparts (i.e. 366 -> 550MHz, 400 -> 600MHz) leaving a HOT-681 owner with nothing more than a more expensive Socket-370 board, with a few useless settings. It seems like the sweet spot for Socket-370 may in fact lie in the realm of the VIA Apollo Pro+. Make way for Shuttle's HOT-681V.
AnandTech Motherboard Rating |
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| Business | |
| Performance | 81% |
| Price | 80% |
| Ease of Use | 85% |
| Overclocked Stability | 80% |
| General Stability | 88% |
| Quality | 82% |
| Documentation | 75% |
| Reliability | 80% |
| Overall Rating | 81% |
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