Test: Biostar TF7050-M2

Konklusion

 
Bundle og tilbehør -  3 point

point. 3 point for en fornuftig bundle der ikke mangler noget, men heller ikke har noget ekstra. Et lille minus for kun et SATA-kabel og et lille plus til en grundig manual der dog har et par mangler.

Innovation og teknologi - 4 point.

Vi giver chipsættet 4point pga. at det opfylder alle krav til et godt media-center og som en god all-round platform. Den har alt hvad der skal til for at køre windows Vista. Jeg så dog gerne noget hypertransport3, DirectX10-grafik og evt. pci-expressII. Disse kommende teknologier gør at mange nok vil holde pengene tæt på kroppen, indtil vi ser hvad de kan.

Design og layout - 4 point.

Jeg giver dog bundkortet 4 point pga. at det  næsten er så optimalt som det kan blive. Der er nogle småting som jeg ikke finder helt tilfredstillende, men hvis det blev ændret vil man helt sikkert stå med nogle endnu værre problemer. Største anke er strømstikket midt i bundkortet, og mangel på et reelt DVI-stik og digital-lyd-udgang. Jeg finder at det tilsvarende AMD-bundkort er bygget en tand bedre op.

Software og bios - 5 point.

Her følte man at man faktisk fik en smule mere end med AMD-bundkortet. Godt nok var program-pakken en smule mere skrabet, men bios var mere brugervenlig og havde tilmed langt flere egenskaber end AMD-bundkortet. Dette bundkorts bios gør at windows-programmerne er mere overflødige, her blev jeg med AMD-bundkortet tvunget til at bruge dem, da der manglede egenskaber i bios. Man skal også huske at dette er et mATX-bundkort der sjældent har så mange egenskaber. Så synes at biostar skal have fuld point  i denne diciplin.

Ydelse - 5point.

Vi giver 5point til dette bundkort i ydelse. Det ydelsen er bedre end Biostars eget AMD-baserede bundkort, pga. at det overclocker langt bedre, og nok lige et halvt point for at vi generelt havde bedre stabilitet når vi pressede det. AMD-udgaven døde totalt, hvilket krævede at man skulle resette jumperen. Her føler man at trods alderen (husk at det faktisk bare er et mildt opdateret nForce4) faktisk er blevet nærmest perfekt, pga. langt tids videreudvikling.

Pris - 5 point.

Det får 5 point i pris, da 550kr virkelig er biligt, og prisen ville stadig have været rimeligt hvis det manglede alle T-force-egenskaberne. Chipsættet er i sig selv lidt af en godte pga. de forskellige video-udgange og lave strømforbrug.

Conclusion:

Bundle/Accesories - 3 point

3 points for a reasonable bundle,where nothing is missing,but at the same time nothing really extra is present.

A minor niggle is that only 1 SATA Cable and a little + for a very good manual with a few minor points missing.

Innovation og technology - 4 point.

The chipset gets a 4 because it forfills all the basic needs to make a good media centre and works as a all round platform. It has all it needs to run Vista. Would have  liked something concerning hypertransport3,direct x 10 and maybe pciexpress2. These up and comming technologies will problably make some people wait to see what they have to offer.

Design og layout - 4 point.

I give the MB 4 points because its close to optimal use as it can be.

There is a few minor issues that i dont find completely satisfying,but if its changed..then you might problably have even worse problems. The Biggest problem with the MB is the power outlet in the middle of the MB,and the real DVI socket missing as well and finally the digital sound outlet.

I find that same/current AMD MB is built a little better.

Software og bios - 5 point

Here you actually felt that you got more than the AMD MB,even though the program package a little more cheap,but the bios was more user friendly and had more setting/uses than the AMD MB.

This MB´s bios tend to make more windows programs less needed where as with the AMD MB was forced to use it,since the abilities was missing in bios.

You also have to remember that this MB is a mATX MB that rarely has too many extra abillities.So i think Biostar deserves full marks for this.

Performance – 5

We give 5 points to this MB in performance.That the performance is way better than Biostars own AMD based MB due to the fact that it is way better at using OC..And half a point for better stability when we pushed it more.

The AMD version died completely which had the effect that we had to reset the jumper. This made us feel that despite its age(its only a mildly updated nForce4) almost got to be perfect due to the extended development that has taken place.

Price – 5

5 points for price,since 550dkk is very cheap,and would still be cheap even if all the T-force abillities was missing.

The chipset is a godsend due to all the different video sockets and the low power comsumption.

Test: Biostar TF7050-M2

Innovation / Teknologi	4
Bundle - Tilbehør	3
Design - Layout	4
Software - BIOS	5
Ydelse	5
Pris	5
Samlet	86%