AOpen allow the end user the usual memory tweaks we'd expect from a Pentium 4 motherboard - no real surprises here with CAS Latency, RAS to CAS, Act to Precharge and of course RAS Precharge options.

We can also change the AGP aperature size, or even disable the onboard videocard if desired. Finally the i865G based AX4SG Max II does support PAT, and it can be turned on via the Performance Boost Engine.

AOpen's Frequency/Voltage Control menu is very straight forward and easy to use. FSB goes as high as 400 MHz which should be good enough for anyone. CPU voltages go as high as 1.6V, AGP (chipset) to 1.875V and DDR to 2.85V. There are the usual 1:1, 5:4 and 3:2 memory dividers as well. Now for the benchmarks!

PCStats Test System Specs:

processor : intel pentium 4 3.0c clock speed: 15 x 200 mhz = 3.0 ghz 15 x 213 mhz = 3.2 ghz motherboards: dfi lanparty 875b (i875p) albatron px865pe pro ii (i865pe) gigabyte 8ipe1000 pro2-w (i865pe) gigabyte 8s655tx ultra (sis 655tx) albatron px875p pro videocard: ati radeon 9800 pro memory: 2x 256mb corsair twinx3200ll hard drive : 40gb western digital special ed. cdrom: nec 52x cd -rom powersupply: vantec 470w stealth psu software setup windowsxp build 2600 via 4in1 4.49 catalyst 4.2 workstation benchmarks sysmark 2004 business winstone 2002 content creation 2002 winbench 99 sisoft sandra 2004 super pi pcmark2002 3dmark2001se aquamark3 comanche 4 x2: the threat ut2003