At least the memory performance scores are decent,
hanging in the slightly above average range for a VIA Apollo 133a board.
Although kind of an apples-and-oranges comparison because the DFI board couldn't
overclock at all, if you remember the DFI CA64-EC board we reviewed last week,
it's certainly better than the DFI was.
A few BIOS tweaks go a long way, don't they? The only
thing that hurts the ECS board here, is the lack of a 4-way interleave setting,
which would bump the performance up another notch or two.
Conclusions.
Overall, the board was rock solid stable, with no real problems encountered. At
the meager overclock to 747mhz, Prime95 couldn't bring it down, after giving it
around 20 hours of trying. But at this meager overclock, this is expected. While
thin with FSB speed selections, it still might have been a decent overclockers
board, except for it's lack of core voltage adjustments. At least, in comparison
to the DFI CA64-EC board we reviewed last week, which is a very similar board,
and targeted at a similar market/price point, it feels like more of a finished
product, especially considering it's much better memory bandwidth in comparison.
Not a board for overclockers, but a decent performer, and a good value
nonetheless. Recommended..
Pros:
Cons
Rating:
8/10
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