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DFI LanParty DK 790GX-M2RS Motherboard Review

Motherboards/AMD AM2+ by massman @ 2009-01-04

DFI has taken the latest AMD 790GX chipset and loaded it on a flashy motherboard fitted with custom cooling and fully fleshed out BIOS which allows you to tweak almost every aspect of the AM2+ platform. Let us find out if the engineers at DFI were able to extract more performance from the 790GX chipset compared to the competition.

Bios explored

Bios: Basics

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Bios: Advanced chipset configuration

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This page offers you the possibility to tune the HD3300 IGP.

Bios: PC Health and CMOS Reloaded

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DFI's known for the possibility to save your bios settings to different profiles; using the ABS tuning utility, you can even share your bios profiles with your friends and family.

Bios: Genie bios

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Timing mode: 400/533/667/800/1066

Cpu vid special add: -800mV - +775mV (steps of 25mV)

Dram Voltage: 1.8v - 3.2v (steps of 25mV)

SB PLL 1.2v voltage: 1.2v - 1.5v (steps of 0.1v)

NB HT voltage: 1.2v - 1.55v (steps of 0.05v)

NB Core voltage: 1.15v - 1.5v (steps of 0.05v)

NB PCIE voltage: 1.1v - 1.4v (steps of 0.1v)

Side Port voltage: 1.6v - 1.9v (steps of 0.1v)

CPU Clock ratio: x4 - x24,5 (steps of 0,5x)

CPU Host/HTT clock: 200MHz - 700MHz (steps of 1MHz)

PCIE Clock: 100MHz - 250MHz (steps of 1MHz)

Bios: Genie bios: DRAM configuration

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Enabling the advanced mode, the ODT control mode page becomes accessible

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Bios: Genie bios: DRAM configuration: MCT Memory timing

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Enabling the advanced mode will give you a lot of new tuning options

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Bios: Genie bios: DRAM configuration: ODT control mode

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Bios: Genie bios: HT Link control

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HT Link Frequency: 200MHz - 2.6GHz (steps of 200MHZ)

Enabling the advanced mode will give you some extra options

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Bios: Genie bios: CPU Feature

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Enabling the advanced mode will add the possibility to change the NB multiplier, which can come in handy when you're trying to reach high HTT frequencies. The features actually work, but before you change anything, please read through Tony's guidelines on TheTechRepository in which you can find the explanation of NB fid and did values.

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