Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., June 26th,
2003-Recently, ABIT Engineers have created a BIOS for the IS7-G that
enhances the performance of the 865PE chipset, making the ABIT IS7 the fastest
motherboard to date. Even at stock speeds, the IS7 series is 17% faster than
all other Springdale boards. The IC7 Series also takes advantage of ABIT's
Game Accelerator making the ABIT IS7 / IC7 series the gamer's choice for more
frags, better gameplay and mind-bending graphic performance.
To review this groundbreaking BIOS, ViperLair recently ran it through the paces:
"If you've read a few ABIT IC7 and IS7 reviews the past few weeks, you'll
probably know that the much cheaper Springdale based IS7 has been performing on
par with the Canterwood based IS7. Considering the price difference between the
two boards, the IS7 appears to be the smarter choice. How can that be, given
that the Canterwood has Intel's Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT), but
the Springdale does not? The answer can be found in the new "Game Accelerator"
BIOS that ABIT released for the IS7 a few weeks ago."
Accelerate Your Gaming
 Users
have a choice between "Auto", "Turbo", "Street racer" and "F1" so they can
optimize their system performance according to their memory modules. The IC7-G
will also come equipped with these new settings. With each setting, users can
push their overall PC performance further and further. Those who select F1 in
the BIOS settings are looking to get Formula 1 performance from their desktop
PC, and so should be prepared to unleash raw computing power.
"The way the optimizations work is exactly as described above. The Game
Accelerator tweaks your memory, and as we already know, tweaked memory improves
overall system performance. Basically, you'll want to run your CPU and memory
synchronous with each other; i.e., 1:1. Depending on how solid your ram is,
either you can the timings before hand, or set it to SPD. Afterwords, you set
your ram to one of the four settings, Auto, Turbo, Street Racer or F1. I should
point out that Street Racer and F1 may not work on all memory modules. I had a
lot of difficulty getting our Corsair TWINX to behave at F1, and it only worked
when I relaxed the timings to 2.5-3-3-7, which ended up performing close to
2-3-3-6 at Street Racer settings."
How to Get ABIT's Game Accelerator for the IS7-G
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Go to
http://www.abit.com.tw to download the BIOS
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Load Optimized Defaults
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Advanced Chipset Features
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Performance Mode: Street Racer or F1
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Save to CMOS and EXIT
"As we've seen, the Game Accelerator BIOS made a huge
difference, for the better, in our benchmarks. I would imagine any quality
sticks of ram can easily handle the Street Racer option, and for F1, you'll need
something really good. Even if you don't own performance ram, the system ran
fine at Turbo, using a pair of Crucial PC2700 sticks (though I was not able to
run them at 400MHz). At Turbo settings, the performance was still better than
Auto, so consider this a free performance boost.
CPU performance didn't really change dramatically, there's more to a fast
system than dropping in a speedy CPU. Our BIOS was BETA, but the official
version is available right here:
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/biosdriver.php?categories=1&model=5
For you ABIT IS7 owners, the Game Accelerator BIOS is also official, and you
should pick it up. We'll be presenting our IS7 review before the end of the
month, and we'll be using this new BIOS."
About ABIT
ABIT Computer Corporation designs and sells a complete family of award-winning
ABIT Engineered mainboards and multimedia products. All ABIT products support
industry-leading technology and provide leading quality and performance for
integration of computer components supporting a broad range of PC applications, such as e-commerce, e-business, entertainment and education. Corporate headquarters are located in Taiwan. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.abit.com.tw |
