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ABIT's BH6 and BX6 Become The Clear Choices For Overclockers In Tom's
Overclocking Special Report

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. December, 21, 1998- When Tom comes out with a new
article or report you know you will get the full scoop. On Dec. 15th Toms
Hardware Guide published a new Overclocking Special report that pitted some
of the best motherboards in the business against 9 special overclocking CPUs
that Tom wanted to test. The result was that the performance, stability and
features of ABIT's BH6 made it the clear front runner when overclocking.     
  The BH6 has now become famous for its ability to overclock, especially in
tandem with Intel's Celeron� 300A CPU, specifically the SL2W8. It's no secret
among the overclocking crowd. In a test of CPUs and the motherboards that run
them, Tom had 9 SL2W8 CPUs tested with 20 leading motherboards. He tested the
ability to get the CPUs designed to run at 300MHz to be overclocked to 450MHz
and 504MHz. Only one board was up to the challenge: ABIT's BH6.  "�504MHz
(is) somewhat hard to reach. The only board that ran all of the CPU's at
504MHz was ABIT's BH6."

The board that performed second best was none other than, ABIT's BX6. Out of
the nine CPUs tested, the BX6 was able to successfully overclock 8 of them,
showing a better performance than any other board except the BH6. Clearly
there is a theme here; the ABIT quality.

Motherboard:
ABIT BH6

Number of SL2W8 CPUs running at 450 MHz:
all

Number of SL2W8 CPUs running at 504 MHz:
all

Comments: "excellent stability, at 504 MHz the voltage had to be raised to
2.2 V only for one CPU (0376), memory problem with 256 MB DIMM still not
sorted out with latest BIOS, but LG memory works now"

Motherboard:
ABIT BX6

Number of SL2W8 CPUs running at 450 MHz:
all


Number of SL2W8 CPUs running at 504 MHz:
8 of 9

Comments: "Board would not work at 504 MHz with CPU 0376, even when voltage
was increased to 2.3 V. Four CPUs needed 2.2 V to run at 504 MHz".

After finishing with these test results Tom states, "In overclocker circles
it's the only real thing, ABIT's BH6. The reason for this is certainly its
stability, but the main success of the BH6 is based on its 'SoftMenu II',
giving you the chance of changing the core voltage of your CPU." Raising the
core voltage of your CPU is a feature of ABIT's Soft Menu II technology. So
far ABIT is the only company with this technology. In fact while Tom does not
necessarily advocate raising the core voltage, he does offer a way for people
to adjust the core voltage on other boards but explains that "Unfortunately
you cannot simulate a 'connected to Vss' or 'closed' condition, which impairs
you a little bit and makes the solution in the BH6 still more flexible" As
Tom points out, Soft Menu II has the core raising ability that allowed him to
successfully overclock his Celeron CPUs and more importantly, to do it with
great stability. The BH6 runs and runs while other boards will often crash.
This is exemplary of the high quality that ABIT puts in its boards. After
running 20 different boards under extreme conditions Tom states, "As you can
see, the ABIT BH6 is by far the most stable board, and I can understand that
everyone is recommending it for overclockers and the use with SL2W8" If the
BH6 can run an overclocked CPU with such great stability, you know that it
will run every thing else as smooth as silk.

For the whole article go to:
http://www4.tomshardware.com/releases/98q4/981215/index.html

For more on ABIT's BH6 and BX6 go to:
http://www.abit.com.tw

Thanks,

Jeremy
ABIT

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