Shuttle HOT-681V Socket-370 Apollo Pro Plus

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

The Final Decision

With the HOT-681V being virtually identical to the rest of the HOT-681 series, it is not surprising that we found some of the same advantages and flaws. The Via Apollo Pro Plus chipset that is on board the HOT-681V model brings to the table the ability to run SDRAM at the AGP speed instead of the FSB speed, allowing the use of older PC66 SDRAM with a 100MHz CPU. Unless you need this feature (which is unlikely with all current Socket-370 CPU's running at 66MHz by default), a better choice would be an Intel based board in the HOT-681 series that have proven to have greater performance and stability.

How it Rates