 From being a relatively low-profile component resting inside a PC, the motherboard has emerged as a leading element when deciding the configuration of a PC. Whether you want a PC for entry-level work, or need the latest and the greatest one for graphics-intensive work, the motherboard decides your PC’s capabilities. There are a lot of motherboard brands in the race to enter your PC. To help you decide which one to bet on, we raced 27 different motherboards against our benchmarks. They were divided into two categories based on their capabilities. So, we had a category each for boards with onboard graphics and external graphics capabilities. The second category was sub divided to include boards for the PIII and Athlon. Read the pages that follow to see which motherboard should race in your PC.
Anil Chopra, Ashish Sharma, Neelima Vaid, Sachin Makhija, and Sanjay Majumder at PCQ Labs
The Winners
Motherboards with onboard graphics
PIII-based motherboards with external graphics
Athlon-based motherboards with external graphics
Entry - level Boards
Motherboards with onboard graphics
High-end Motherboard
Covering motherboards with an external AGP slot
Athlon-based Motherboards
Though the Asus A7V and A7Pro scored over the Azza KT133TX in performance
and features, they lost out because of their high price.
The Others
Two Socket 7 motherboards, which were not part of the shootout
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