AnandTech heeft voor PIII gebruikers een interessante i815 / i815E moederplank roundup in elkaar geknutseld. In de test worden de Abit SE6, AOpen AX3S Pro, Asus CUSL2, Chaintech 6OJV, Chaintech 6OIV, DFI CS35-EC, Gigabyte 6OXM7E, MSI 815E Pro, Shuttle ME21 en Soyo SY-7ISM vergeleken. Van deze plankjes verkreeg de Asus CUSL2 het predikaat 'Editor's Choice' vanwege zijn uitgebreide featureset en keivaste stabiliteit. De MSI 815E Pro eindigde als goede tweede:
From a feature stand point, the CUSL2 is without a doubt still the head of the pack. We'll take a look at performance in a bit, but for now let's recap those features.In terms of expansion, there is a full 6 PCI slots, all of which are full length, an AGP Pro 50 slot, 2 CNR slots, 7 USB ports, and 3 DIMM slots - unmatched in this roundup. Next we take a look at FSB settings, which go all the way up to an unheard of 216 MHz on the CUSL2. While speeds that high may not be particularly useful, the CUSL2 fills in with speeds from 66 - 97, 102 - 132, and 135 - 200 in 1 MHz increments. Throw in CPU core voltage adjustments, easy to configure FSB-SDRAM-PCI ratios and you've got an overclocking monster that is also unmatched in this roundup.
Potentially more important than any tweaking options was the stability of the CUSL2 in our tests - not only was it rock solid, but it remained so with the memory timings at their fastest settings with 3 DIMM's running at 133 MHz - a feat no other motherboard in this roundup could accomplish.
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Thanks VTec voor de tip.