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BIOS
To get that extra performance, you need
to tweak your BIOS to enable those added features!
DFI's motherboard has a few goodies to help you out!
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The Standard CMOS section is where you
check your Hard Disks - what size they are etc.)
Advanced BIOS Features section enables HyperThreading
technology (if your processor supports it) and boot
options. Also an option to enable a Full Screen Logo
instead of the usual Memory/Hard Disk tests. This
logo is that which is on the box.
The advanced Chipset is the Memory tweaks,
allowing you to chose what CAS Latency your memory
uses including what speed the memory should be.
The Integrated Peripherals takes you
to the SATA controller and other onboard peripherals.
You can chose whether to disable certain aspects or
how your RAID controller works
The PC Health section shows you how
your system is doing in terms of temperature and voltages.
This is the same information that is given to you
in Windows via WinBond
Genie BIOS is the overclocking section.
What is missing is the DDR Lock so you can overclock
the CPU only. You can lower the memory options under
advanced chipset section however this is only changing
the ratio between the mem and cpu. It would bet better
if you could force the memory to a certain spec. Also
Super PATCH, even though gives better system performance,
forces the SATA controller active!
Finally the other interesting section
is the CMOS Reloaded! It allows you to save settings
for any particular setup. For example you could have
a BIOS saving with all integrated peripherals disabled
for Benchmark freaks, while having them all turned
on for games!
Enough with the setup! Lets see how
it performs!
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