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Mercury KOB 630e FSLFx

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PCQ Bureau
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Chipset: SiS 630E



Price: Rs 4,300


Software: Driver CD, PC-Cillin anti-virus, AWDFlash update for the BIOS, MediaRing Talk, Gamut, Super Voice


Website: www.kobian.com  

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This is an average board based on an SiS 630E chipset with a socket 370

interface. The board supports a maximum FSB of 133 MHz. It’s is pretty low on

PCI slots, with a count of only two. It has two built-in USB ports and even an

Ethernet port for network connectivity. All other ports are also built-in with

proper color-coding making the installation very easy. Its component layout is

also pretty good as it’s not unobtrusive.

The board has a jumperfree mode, and the accompanying manual is also quite

detailed with installation procedure and visual elements. On the flip side,

though the driver CD has a main interface, it doesn’t have an automated driver

installation. You have to browse through the various folders to install the

necessary drivers.

On the performance front, it faired well in productivity applications and

gave a Business Winstone99 score of 21.2 Winmarks. However, the graphics and

gaming scores weren’t very impressive, even after we added more RAM. In Quake

III, the average frame rate stood at 9.25 fps. The CPU utilization in

AudioWinbench was also quite high at 24.7 percent.

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