To access the advanced chipset features you
must first press CTRL + F1. Once inside there's only one option to turn DDR
compatibility mode on or off. During testing we found that this switch was a bit
redundant as the system worked perfectly fine with DDR memory and DDR
compatibility mode disabled.
In the
MB Intelligent Tweaker we can enable Gigabyte's dynamic overclocker. FSB
speeds can be tuned from 200-355 MHz, in 1 MHz increments. Memory dividers become available when
DDR2 memory is used, and they are in sizes of 1:1 and 6:5. When DDR
memory is used the memory dividers include 1:1, 4:5 and 2:3. Memory voltages can go
up a maximum 0.3V, PCI-E 0.3V and CPU 0.2125V. As you can see, the memory timing adjustments
are also found in the configuration screen.
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PCStats Test System Specs: |
processor: |
intel pentium 4 3.2e |
clock
speed: |
16 x 200 mhz = 3.2 ghz
16 x 216 mhz = 3.46 ghz |
motherboards: |
gigabyte ga-8anxp-d (925x) albatron mars px915g pro (i915g) gigabyte ga-8gpnxp (915p) |
videocard: |
gigabyte gv-nx57128d* |
memory: |
2x 256mb corsair twinx 3200ll 2x 256mb samsung pc3700 (ddr2) |
hard drive: |
40gb western
digital special ed |
cdrom: |
nec 52x cd-rom |
powersupply: |
vantec 400b ion |
software setup |
windowsxp build 2600 intel inf 5.10.1012 forceware 60.85 |
workstation benchmarks |
sysmark 2004 business winstone 2002 content creation 2002 winbench 99 sisoft
sandra 2004 super pi pcmark2002 pcmark04 3dmark2001se aquamark3 comanche 4 x2: the threat ut2003 | |
* -
please remember that the systems are using a gigabyte geforcefx 5750 videocard
for all 3d tests.