Foxconn DigitaLife ELA P45 Motherboard

 

To ensure that all reviews on Overclock3D are fair, consistent and unbiased, a standard set of hardware and software is used whenever possible during the comparative testing of two or more products. The configuration used in this review can be seen below:

 

 

During the testing of the setup above, special care was taken to ensure that the BIOS settings used matched whenever possible. A fresh install of Windows Vista was also used before the benchmarking began, with a full defrag of the hard drive once all the drivers and software were installed, preventing any possible performance issues due to leftover drivers from the previous motherboard installations. For the 3DMark and gaming tests a single card configuration was used.

 

To guarantee a broad range of results, the following benchmark utilities were used:

 

 
 

Overclocking

Unfortunately, overclocking on the Foxconn ELA proved to be an exercise in self control and restraint. Pushing the Intel Q6600 processor any higher than 3.246GHz resulted in a subsequent BSOD or frequent lockups, and it required 1.5V Vcore to maintain ORTHOS stability at that clock speed. I even resorted to the included Fox One software in attempt to gain some additional performance from the motherboard, but unfortunately I experienced the same issues. No amount of tweaking or fiddling would allow me to push the processor harder and I had to admit defeat.