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3-3 Advanced Chipset Features
By choosing the [
Advanced Chipset Features
] option from the CMOS Setup Utility
menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the
manufacturer's default values for the motherboard.
Figure 3-4 Advance Chipset Features Screen
All of the above settings have been determined by the motherboard
manufacturer and should not be changed unless you are absolutely sure of
what you are doing. Explanation of the DRAM timing and chipset features
setup is lengthy, highly technical and beyond the scope of this manual. Below
are some abbreviated descriptions of the functions in this setup menu.
System Performance.
This option allows you to configure and determine your systems performance
according to your needs. Available options are: [
Optimal
], [
Aggressive
], [
Turbo
] and
[
Expert
], there details are as follows:
Optimal:
Select this option will let the system automatically detect its performance.
Aggressive:
Select this option for better system performance. It increases a bit of the
system performance.
Turbo:
Select this option for a faster system performance. It will increase the system
performance, but it might result in an unstable system.
Expert:
Select this option only if you are a professional user. This will allow you to
manually adjust the system performance according to your needs.
FSB Frequency
This feature allows the configuration of systems FSB frequency speed. Available
options include
100 MHz
(
200 MHz
) to
200
MHZ
(
400 MHz
)
.
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CPU Interface
This option allows you to determine how your CPU interface performs. Available
options are: [
Optimal
] and [
Aggressive
] there details are as follows:
Optimal:
Select this option will let the system automatically detect its performance.
Aggressive:
Select this option for a better system performance. It increases a bit of
the system performance.
Memory Frequency
This option will allow you to adjust the Memory Frequency. Available options are [
By
SPD
] or [
By Sync
], there details are as follow:
By SPD:
It automatically detects the memory frequency.
By Sync:
This will cause the memory to detect the CPU’s Ext. frequency and
function synchronically.
Memory Timing
This function allows you to adjust the DRAM timing. Available options are:
[
Optimal
], [
Aggressive
], [
Turbo
] and [
Expert
], there details are as follows:
Optimal:
Select this option will let the memory timing to automatically detect its
performance.
Aggressive:
Select this option for better memory timing. It increases a bit of the
system performance.
Turbo:
Select this option for faster memory timing. It will increase the memory
timing, but it might result in an unstable system.
Expert:
Select this option only if you are a professional user. This will allow you to
manually adjust the memory timing according to your needs.
Overclocking:
This motherboard is designed to support overclocking. However, please make
sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting, while doing
overclocking. Any attempt to operate beyond product specifications is not
recommended. We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by
inadequate operation or beyond product specifications.
Frame Buffer Size
This function determines the amount of system memory that is allocated to the on
board VGA. Options range from
8MB
to
128MB
.
AGP Aperture Size (MB)
This function determines the amount of system memory that is given to the AGP card.
Options range from
32MB
to
512MB
. This is a dynamic memory allotment in that the
AGP card will only use the amount of memory that it needs. The remaining memory,