Motherboard Review: AXLE AM705-61S2A6GGI

AXLE AM705-61S2A6GGI
Newbie with less informative manual

AXLE is newcomer in motherboard products. AM705 -61S2A6GGI is value class motherboard for Intel processors that use value class MCP73V chipset. MCP73V is an union of GeForce 7050 and nForce 610i.


AXLE use GeForce 7050 onboard graphic card. The graphic card have support DirectX 9.0 and Shader Model 3.0. It can show Aero effect on Windows Vista. NForce 610i already support newest technologies like 3Gb/s bandwith SATA and 0, 1, 0+1, 5 RAID configuration.

This motherboard only support processors with maximum 1066MHz FSB. It can support 1333MHz FSB with overclock.

AXLE AM705-61S2A6GGI is a value class motherboard. But it already have gigabit LAN port. It also have 8 channels audio chip.

AXLE have included less informative manual for this motherboard. There's some differences between board and the manual and the website.

There's some good choice of settings on BIOS setup for overclockers. It can reach 340MHz FSB from standard 266MHz FSB when overclocked.

Specification
AXLE AM705-61S2A6GGI
Processor Type: Intel Celeron/Pentium 4/Pentium D/Dual Core/Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad (Socket LGA775)
Chipset: nVidia MCP73V (GeFprce 8050/nForce 610i)
Memory: 2 DDR2-533/667 singlel channels 4 GB max
Graphics Card: 1x PCI Express x16
Expansion Slot: 1x PCIe,23x PCI
Storage: 4x SATA, 1xPATA, 1xFDD
RAID: SATA RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5
Sound Chip: Realtek ALC88T (8 channels)
LAN Chip: Marvel 88E8056 (gigabit)
I/O: 1x PS/2 Keyboard
1x PS/2 Mouse
1x D-Sub VGA
1x LAN
4x USB 2.0
1x 3in1 audio

TEST RESULT
Sysmark 2007 Preview
Rating: 146

SiSoft Sandra 2007 SP1
Dhrystone ALU: 27156 MIPS
Video Encoding: 11 minutes 1 seconds
Audio Encoding: 2 minutes 5 seconds
PCMark 2005 (1280x1024): 5066 PCMarks
3dMark 2006 (1280x1024): 362 (with onboard card) 3DMARKS. 4366 3DMarks (with ASUS EN8600GT)
Doom 3 (1024x768 high quality): 14,6 fps (with onboard card). 130,7 fps (with ASUS EN8600GT)
Maximum FSB: 340 MHz

Testing Platform:
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Processor, Kingston DDR2 KHX9600 2GB Memory, Asus GeForce EN8600GT VGA Card, Seagate Baracuda 7200RPM 160 GB Harddisk.

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