The Test

In recent times, choosing a motherboard cannot be completely determined by a Winstone score. Now, many boards come within one Winstone point of each other and therefore the need to benchmark boards against each other falls. Therefore you shouldn't base your decision entirely on the benchmarks you see here, but also on the technical features and advantages of this particular board, seeing as that will probably make the greatest difference in your overall experience.

AnandTech Motherboard Testing Methodology

Test Configuration

Processor(s):

Intel Pentium II 266 OEM
Intel Celeron 366 OEM

RAM: 1 - 64MB Memory Man SEC PC100 SDRAM DIMM
Hard Drive(s): Western Digital Caviar AC28400 - UltraATA
Video Card(s): Matrox Millennium G200 (8MB SGRAM - AGP)
Bus Master Drivers: Microsoft Win98 DMA Drivers
Video Drivers: Matrox Millennium G200 Release 1677-411
Operation System(s): Windows 98
Motherboard Revision: Diamond Micronics C300 Revision B01

 

Windows 98 Performance

  Winstone Quake 2
Business 99 Quake 2 demo1.dm2 crusher.dm2
Intel Pentium II 266 (66MHz x 4.5) 16.5 11.4 7.5
Intel Celeron 366 (66MHz x 5.5) 17.8 13.6 9.8

 

The Final Decision

With a price dipping near $60, the Diamond C300 is one of the least expensive Slot-1 motherboards available on the market today. While it is not the best board for tweakers (due to the lack of overclocked bus speeds) and is only an i440LX solution (and thus no upgrades to CPU's that require the 100MHz FSB), it certainly is a very stable and reliable motherboard that would be great as a very low cost Celeron solution.


How it Rates

AnandTech Motherboard Rating

  Business
Performance 75%
Price 92%
Ease of Use 90%
Overclocked Stability N/A
General Stability 92%
Quality 86%
Documentation 75%
Reliability 88%
Overall Rating 85%

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