Most of the 6ABX2V's other features are more mundane (that's the 2nd time this week I've used the word "mundane" in a review…Find the other one and email me and I'll give you Sharky's Mum's home phone number…..) Support for the typical BX FSB speeds can be found on the 6ABX2V with settings available for 66, 75, 83, 100, 112, and 133MHz.

The 6ABX2V's maximum of 784MB of system ram is notable, although not exceptional, as 1GB seems to be the new high-end limit. Similarly, the amount of electrolytic capacitors on the Lucky Star board seems to be on the light side. A total of zero large size capacitors, five medium size capacitors and four mini-sized capacitors usually doesn't equal a board that can handle high limits of overclocking induced heat.

In our testing, the 6ABX2V performed fine at bus speeds of 100MHz and 112MHz, but suffered from instability when set to a blistering 133MHz front side bus speed. Combine this with the fact that the board doesn't provide a 1/4 PCI clock divider at the 133MHz setting, and you begin to understand that die-hard overclockers should perhaps look elsewhere for their solution.

Otherwise the 6ABX2V performed admirably in our torturous endurance tests (we make the boards watch 24 straight hours of Blossom reruns, if they can survive that then they're worthy of your hard earned dollars) and impressed the staff with its competitive performance (more on that later).

The 6ABX2V we tested came equipped with optional hardware temperature and voltage monitoring abilities built in, viewable by the user through the board's BIOS. The following measurements are reported:

• Detection of all cooling fans as well as RPM display
• Voltage detection as well as display
• Mainboard temperature display
• CPU temperature display
• Optional system shutdown at user set temperature violation

Fairly standard as most LM78 equipped boards go, but still worth the extra $5 or so that's added to the 6ABX2V price tag.

Let's look at the overclocking ability of the 6ABX2V in more detail...