TMC TI6NB BX Pentium II Board
by Anand Lal Shimpi on July 7, 1998 12:42 PM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
TMC TI6NB Chipset Features Setup |
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Item | Settings | ||
66/68/75/83/100MHz FSB | 112/133MHz FSB | Safe | |
Auto Configuration: | Disabled | Disabled | Enabled |
SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay: | 2 | 2 | 3 |
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time: | 2 | 3 | 3 |
SDRAM CAS Latency Time: | 2 | 3 | 3 |
DRAM Data Integrity Mode: | Non-ECC | Non-ECC | Non-ECC |
System BIOS Cacheable: | Enabled | Enabled | Disabled |
Video BIOS Cacheable: | Enabled | Enabled | Disabled |
Video RAM Cacheable: | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled |
8 Bit I/O Recovery Time: | 1 | 4 | 4 |
16 Bit I/O Recovery Time: | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Memory Hole At 15M-16M: | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled |
Passive Release: | Enabled | Enabled | Disabled |
Delayed Transaction: | Enabled | Enabled | Disabled |
AGP Aperture Size (MB): | 64 | 64 | 8 |
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: | Disabled | Disabled | Enabled |
Spread Spectrum Modulated: | Disabled | Disabled | Disabled |
CPU Host/PCI Clock: | Default | Default | Default |
Number of Universal Serial Bus Root Ports: 2
USB IRQ Enable/Disable in BIOS: No
USB Keyboard Support in BIOS: Yes
Recommended SDRAM: Corsair PC100 SDRAM; Memory
Man PC100 SDRAM
SDRAM Tested: 1 x 64MB Corsair PC100 SDRAM; 1 x 64MB Memory-Man PC100 SDRAM
Manufacturer: Corsair Microsystems
Purchase Web-Site: http://www.tccomputers.com/
Manufacturer: The Memory Man
Purchase Web-Site: http://www.memory-man.com
In recent times, choosing a motherboard cannot be completely determined by a Winstone score. Now, many boards come within one Winstone point of each other and therefore the need to benchmark boards against each other falls. Therefore you shouldn't base your decision entirely on the benchmarks you see here, but also on the technical features and advantages of this particular board, seeing as that will probably make the greatest difference in your overall experience.
How I Tested
Each benchmark was run a minimum of 2 times and a maximum of 5 times, if the motherboard failed to complete a single test within the 5 allocated test runs the OS/Software was re-installed on a freshly formatted Hard Drive and the BIOS settings were adjusted to prevent the test from failing again. All such encounters were noted at the exact time of their occurrence.
Business Winstone 98 was run at each individually tested clock speed, if reliable scores were achieved with the first two test runs of the suite an average of the two was taken and recorded as the final score at that clock speed. If the test system displayed erratic behavior while the tests were running or the results were incredibly low/high the tests were re-run up to 5 times and an average of all the test runs was taken and recorded at the final score at that clock speed
After each motherboard was tested a complete format of the test hard drive was initiated and the OS/benchmarking software was re-installed afterwards a defragment was initiated using Windows 95's Disk Defragmentation Utility
No foreign drivers were present in the test system other than those required for the system to function to the best of its ability
All foreign installation files were moved to a separate partition during the test as to prevent them from effecting the test results
All tests were conducted at 800 x 600 x 16-bit color depth
Test Configuration |
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Processor(s): | Pentium II Celeron - 266 OEM Pentium II - 400 OEM |
RAM: | 1 - 64MB Corsair PC100 SDRAM DIMM 1 - 64MB Memory Man PC100 SDRAM DIMM |
Hard Drive(s): | Western Digital Caviar AC35100 - UltraATA |
Video Card(s): | Matrox Millennium II (4MB WRAM - AGP) |
Bus Master Drivers: | Intel v3.01.01 |
Video Drivers: | MGA Millennium 4.07.00.700 |
Operation System(s): | Windows 95 Service Release 2.1 |
Motherboard Revision: | TMC TI6NB v2.20 |
Ziff Davis Winstone - Windows 95 Performance |
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Business Winstone 98 | |
Intel Pentium II Deschutes - 350 (100 x 3.5) | 24.9 |
Intel Pentium II Deschutes - 400 (100 x 4.0) | 26.6 |
Intel Pentium II Deschutes - 448 (112 x 4.0) | 27.9 |
Intel Pentium II Deschutes - 466 (133 x 3.5) | Failed |
Intel Pentium II Celeron - 266 (66 x 4.0) | 17.8 |
Intel Pentium II Celeron - 333 (83 x 4.0) | 20.6 |
Don't feel comfortable with 4 PCI slots? Just add the TMC TI6NB to your choices of boards to look at with 5 PCI slots, and who knows, it may just impress you as it did this reviewer who wasn't expecting much from the board. Just goes to show you that big things do sometimes come in small packages.
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