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P45 head-to-head: MSI P45 Platinum and Asus Maximus II Formula

Motherboards/Intel S775 by massman @ 2008-07-16

In this article we´ll focus on what the MSI P45 Platinum and Asus Maximus II Formula can bring us in terms of performance, overclocking and the performance gained from overclocking. We´ll be giving you basic pointers for obtaining better results and will spend a little time on the energy-saving technology used on these boards.

Asus Maximus II Formula: bios explored

Main screen - Extreme Tweaker

This board is for the enthusiasts, no doubt about that. Asus even made the tuning page of the BIOS the main page!

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Skews, refs, voltages, timings ... it's got it all. If you want to get the absolute most out of your system, you'll be given more than enough tools by Asus to try to do so.

Advanced

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Power

All in all, quite a complete bios. We're missing the energy saving options, though.

Comment from jmke @ 2008/08/03

Hey Massman, in your MSI bios shots you have the H/W monitor showing this:

in the system I set up here I get more values:

any idea why I get ICore Pout and Efficiency in the BIOS with the MSI P45?

Comment from Massman @ 2008/08/03

Newer bios version.

Comment from jmke @ 2008/08/03

flashed to latest beta (thanks MM) and now those ICore/Pout/Efficiency values have moved to another submenu "GreenPower"

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