Asus uses Phoenix BIOSes with its motherboards, and while it might look different from the more common Award variety, it still has all the same functionality.

In the DRAM configuration section we have a whole load of memory timing adjustments. Included are CAS Latency, RAS to CAS, and another important timing Row Cycle Time in particular.

In the JumperFree Configuration Section we find the motherboard overclocking features. The motherboard clock speed can be increased from 200-400 MHz in 1 MHz increments, for example. Users can also adjust the PCI Express frequency, but in our experience that one is best left alone. DDR voltages go as high as 3V, chipset 1.6V, HyperTransport 1.25V and CPU voltages to 1.65V.

PCStats Test System Specs:

processor: amd athlon64 4000+ clock speed: 12 x 200 mhz = 2.4 ghz motherboards: asrock k8 combo-z/asr (ali m1689)* soltek sl-k8tpro-939 (k8t800 pro)* epox 9nda3+ (nf3 ultra)* albatron k8x890 pro ii (k8t890)** gigabyte ga-k8nxp-9 (nf4 ultra)** epox ep-9npa+ ultra (nf4 ultra)** msi k8n neo4 platinum (nf4 ultra)** gigabyte ga-k8nxp-sli (nf4 sli)** msi k8n neo4 platinum/sli (nf4 sli)** dfi lanparty nf4 sli-dr (nf4 sli)** asus a8n-sli premium (nf4 sli)** videocard: asus x800xt/vtd* msi rx800xt-vtd256e** msi nx6600gt** memory: 2x 512mb mushkin pc3200 special ed. hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed 74gb western digital raptor sata cdrom: aopen combo 52x powersupply: seasonic super tornado 400w software setup windowsxp via 4in1 4.55v forceware 6.53 catalyst 5.4 workstation benchmarks sysmark 2004 business winstone 2004 content creation 2004 super pi sisoft sandra 2004 pcmark04 3dmark2001se 3dmark05 aquamark3 comanche 4 x2: the threat ut2003 ut2004 doom 3

pcstats has upgraded its test platform with a couple of 74gb western digital WD740 Raptor hard drives, replacing the trusty 40GB WD IDE HDDs as test drives. Please keep that in mind when viewing the office and disk benchmarks. The Asus A8N-SLI Premium motherboard was tested with two sets of videocards - an MSI RX800XT in single PCI Express mode, and a pair of MSI Geforce NX6600GT's for SLI mode.