The
ZM6
Gets
the
"Bang
for
the
Buck
Award"
from
Computers
Are
Us!
Taipei,
Taiwan,
R.O.C.
March
23,
1999-Computers
Are
Us
is
a
Swedish
Hardware
and
Gaming
review
site.
They
recently
did
a
review
of
the
ABIT's
ZM6.
Here
are
some
of
the
highlights:
"�the
huge
amount
of
bus
speeds
still
remains,
thus
making
the
ZM6
board
a
great
board
for
someone
with
a
very
low
budget
and
who's
still
looking
into
overclocking."
"Of
course
the
ZM6
makes
use
of
ABIT's
well
known
Soft
Menu�
II
system,
which
lets
you
change
both
bus
speeds,
multiplier
and
core
voltage
of
your
CPU
through
the
BIOS,
thus
eliminating
the
need
for
any
Jumpers."
"A
feature
of
the
ZM6
that
I've
never
seen
on
any
other
ZX
based
motherboard
is
the
inclusion
of
full
2/5/1
slot-setup
(ie
2
ISA,
5
PCI
and
1
AGP
slots).
What
makes
this
so
special
is
the
fact
that
the
ZX
chipset
only
offers
4
PCI
bus
master
signals,
but
ABIT
still
added
5
PCI
slots,
why?
And
how?
They
did
this
because
many
PCI
add-on
cards
don't
require
a
bus
master
signal.
The
Voodoo(2)
series
doesn't,
many
network
interface
cards
doesn't
and
alot
of
VGA
cards
doesn't
either.
This
is
in
my
humble
opinion
a
great
feature
of
the
ZM6,
because
you
can
never
have
too
many
PCI
slots."
"Another
quite
unique
feature
of
the
ZM6
is
that
it
has
3
DIMM
slots,
even
though
the
ZX
chipset
only
has
support
for
4
memory
rows
(2
double-sided
DIMMs).
This
leaves
you
with
the
ability
to
add
2
single
sided
DIMMs
and
one
Double
sided
or
3
single
sided,
thus
offering
greater
expandability
and
flexibility."
"The
ZM6
delivers
performance
that
is
fully
on
par
with
any
other
100Mhz
FSB
Intel
based
Socket370
or
Slot1
based
system.
I
won't
go
much
deeper
into
performance
questions
as
the
ZM6
performance
is
almost
exactly
what
any
other
ZX
based
board
delivers."
"The
ABIT
ZM6
is
the
first
product
to
receive
one
of
our
new
Awards,
Bang
for
bucks!
Good
job
ABIT!"
For
the
full
review
go
to:
http://www.crus.com/hardware/reviews/zm6/
For
more
on
ABIT
go
to:
http://www.ABIT.com.tw
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