BIOS version : 1002.008. P4C800 uses AMI BIOS and the
new interface looks rather cool with a moving colour bar on top. This is
the main menu. In this version of the BIOS 1003 beta, it comes with an
option "Instant Music Configuration". It is suppose to play CD audio
without the need to go into Windows.
CPU FSB/Speed allows you to
set the FSB your system will run at after reboot. The range is from 100 ~
400 at 1Mhz stepping. AGP/PCI can be fixed. CPU, DDR and AGP voltages are
adjustable. In our test, we set performance mode to Turbo. There are no
cpu:mem ratios adjustable except for the options of DRAM frequency at
266, 320 and 400. (as shown in CPU External Frequency)
CPU Vcore
voltages can be set from the menu above.
DDR Voltages
are selectable up to 2.85v
AGP voltage can be set up to 1.80v
In our tests, we set
performance mode to Turbo for best performance.
We set our ram
settings to 2-5-2-2. Burst Length 8 clks. The only change we made is that we set AGP Aperture size to
128M.
