prometheus
06-26-2003, 07:43 PM
I was certainly impressed with the performance of the Gigabyte 7N400 PRO, but as I mentioned others were in the wings. The review is still in progress with the DFI NFII LanParty, but I can tell you they have done one incredible job on this FAST motherboard.
DFI supplied a 'PERFORMANCE' BIOS with the NF2, which has the most incredible array of Overclocking options I have ever seen on an nForce2 board:
FSB - 100-300 in 1MHz intervals
AGP - Auto or FIXED at 1Mhz intervals from 50 -100
CPU Ratio - 5X-22X
vCore - Auto, 1.10-2.05 in 0.025v increments
vAGP - Auto, 1.5-1.8 in 0.1v increments
Chipset Voltage - Auto, 1.6-1.9 in 0.1v increments
vDimm - Auto, 2.5-2.8 in 0.1v increments
RAM Ratios - Auto, 2:1. 5:3, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 6:5, 1:1, 5:6, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 3:5, 1:2
T(RAS) - 1-15
T(RCD-Read) - 1-7
T(RCD-Write) - 1-7
T(RP) - 1-7
T(RC) - 9-31
T(RFC) - 9-31
Super Bypass - Enable, Disable
Sync Mode Memory Bypass - Auto, Enable, Disable
Data Scavaged Rate - Fast, Normal
Dimm 1 Driving Stregth - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 1 Skew Rate - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 2 Driving Stregth - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 2 Skew Rate - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 3 Driving Stregth - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 3 Skew Rate - Auto, 1-15
CAS Latency - 2.0, 2.5, 3.0
While the testing with so many options is fun, I can also tell the options DO make a difference. At the same setiings as the Gigabyte the DFI is running about 200 points faster in Sandra CPU, MM, and Memory Benchmarks. It is too early to draw a conclusion, but the speed and overclocking so far are impressive.
DFI supplied a 'PERFORMANCE' BIOS with the NF2, which has the most incredible array of Overclocking options I have ever seen on an nForce2 board:
FSB - 100-300 in 1MHz intervals
AGP - Auto or FIXED at 1Mhz intervals from 50 -100
CPU Ratio - 5X-22X
vCore - Auto, 1.10-2.05 in 0.025v increments
vAGP - Auto, 1.5-1.8 in 0.1v increments
Chipset Voltage - Auto, 1.6-1.9 in 0.1v increments
vDimm - Auto, 2.5-2.8 in 0.1v increments
RAM Ratios - Auto, 2:1. 5:3, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, 6:5, 1:1, 5:6, 4:5, 3:4, 2:3, 3:5, 1:2
T(RAS) - 1-15
T(RCD-Read) - 1-7
T(RCD-Write) - 1-7
T(RP) - 1-7
T(RC) - 9-31
T(RFC) - 9-31
Super Bypass - Enable, Disable
Sync Mode Memory Bypass - Auto, Enable, Disable
Data Scavaged Rate - Fast, Normal
Dimm 1 Driving Stregth - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 1 Skew Rate - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 2 Driving Stregth - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 2 Skew Rate - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 3 Driving Stregth - Auto, 1-15
Dimm 3 Skew Rate - Auto, 1-15
CAS Latency - 2.0, 2.5, 3.0
While the testing with so many options is fun, I can also tell the options DO make a difference. At the same setiings as the Gigabyte the DFI is running about 200 points faster in Sandra CPU, MM, and Memory Benchmarks. It is too early to draw a conclusion, but the speed and overclocking so far are impressive.