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abit AW9D-MAX i975 Express Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: ABIT
Product: ABIT AW9D-MAX Motherboard
Date: Mon, Dec 18, 2006 - 12:00 PM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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The Test System

Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX Benchmarking

Testing Procedure:

All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows XP Professional build 2600 with Service Pack 2 and DirectX 9.0c. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. All of the modules were run in dual channel mode! The memory on both Intel test platforms was run with DDR2 memory at 3-3-3-9 2T timings at 800MHz. The ATI X1950XTX video card used CATALYST 6.11 public drivers.

Here is the Intel Test Platform:

Intel Test Platform

Component

Brand/Model

Live Pricing

Processor

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

Motherboard

ABIT AW9D MAX

Memory

2GB Corsair PC2-6400C3

Video Card

ATI X1950XTX

Hard Drive

Western Digital 250MB

Cooling

Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX

Power Supply

Corsair 620W PSU

Operating System

Windows XP Professional

Next Page - Memory Performance


Review Index
Page 1 - The Ultimate Intel 975 Express Motherboard?
Page 2 - Board Layout
Page 3 - The BIOS
Page 4 - Box Contents
Page 5 - The Test System
Page 6 - Memory Performance
Page 7 - Audio Performance
Page 8 - Hard Disk Performance
Page 9 - Rendering Performance
Page 10 - CPU Performance
Page 11 - Gaming Performance
Page 12 - Overclocking Results
Page 13 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions