With an overall performance score of 95/100, this board was the top performer in its range. It scored a mammoth 8304 in 3D Mark06, which is pretty high for an entry level board. Even in PCMark05, a score of 5624 was the highest, with only the MSI Neo Combo coming anywhere close to it. Though its performance in POV Ray wasn't that great, its Business Winston score of 42 was the highest in the category, ensuring that it's good for both graphics and business productivity apps.

The board has support for Core 2 Duo and even Quad core processors. It's based on NVlDIA's MCP73U/PVV /D chipset. Though it has only 2 DIMM slots, it offers all three on board video options ofVGA, HDMI, and DVI, which is a major plus. It has support for 6 chan¬nel audio output and RAID. Probably an addi¬tional x16 PCIe slot would have enabled it to offer SLI but then for an entry-level board that's something which is ofleast importance.

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Overall, if you need a board that's a top per¬former and has all the features you could ask for in an entry-level board, then this board is definitely worth the deal.