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EPIA MII 12000 Review
Posted on May 18, 2004 Jump to:

Introduction

EPIA MII 12000 Review

The EPIA MII 12000 is the latest EPIA MII motherboard from VIA, the first EPIA to include the latest "C5P" Nehemiah C3 CPU with VIA's Padlock Advanced Cryptography Engine. We're taking this opportunity to review the MII 12000 in comparison with all of the other currently available 1Ghz C3 CLE266 chipset EPIA motherboards.

As the chipset and supporting chips of all the CLE266 based boards are almost all identical, portions of this review are updated sections from the Nehemiah M10000 review we posted last year. Historians might want to check out our brief history for some background reading...

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. The Nehemiah C3 CPU
  3. The Apollo CLE266 Chipset
  4. Supporting Chips
  5. Box Contents
  6. EPIA Drivers
  7. Integrated CardBus and CF Reader
  8. Back Panel Connectors
  9. Board Connectors, Headers and Jumpers
  10. BIOS Settings
  11. Fan Noise and Cooling
  12. Power Consumption
  13. Overclocking
  14. Linux Support
  15. Video Resolutions
  16. TV Output Quality
  17. Benchmarking - Setup Details
  18. Overview - Five 1+GHz CLE266 Boards
  19. Benchmarks - Sisoft Sandra
  20. Benchmarks - PCMark and 3DMark
  21. Benchmarks - Rip WAV to MP3
  22. Benchmarks - Quake 3 Arena
  23. Benchmarks - AES Benchmark Tool
  24. Video Playback Tests - from VCD to XviD
  25. Optimising Video Playback
  26. Measuring Audio Quality
  27. Audio Listening Tests
  28. Conclusion
  29. Wishlist

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