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283432 2004-10-21 21:25:00 > You do realise that there are heaps of free third party
> BIOS's out there? Especially for AMD ;)

Ah Pete! you've shown up my lack of nous. I should have thought to ask what sort of CPU Jack might be running, a very important consideration Jack. And, of course you have highlighted the configurability of the AMD as opposed to some other chips of poorer design ]:)

Cheers Murray ;P
Murray P (44)
283433 2004-10-21 21:46:00 Murray the part about AMD was more of a dig at Jack, we all know hes a Intel fanboy at heart ;) He did mention right at the top he has a P4 and the motherboard is also a socket 478 model.

There are alot of third party BIOS's out there, the majority are for AMD systems but there are some for Intel. Generally as a rule of thumb they dont increase performance, only unlock hidden features etc. The third party BIOS im using on my NF7-S at the moment has a few tweaks for the RAM that allow me to overclock a lil further and also offer small performance increases, nothing noticable but they do exist. Unless your a ubber tweaker then there no real reason to bother with third party BIOS's just keep up to date with official manufactuer BIOS's, sure as hell dont pay money for them :).
Pete O'Neil (250)
283434 2004-10-21 22:34:00 Pete O'Neil, GO AND WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT.
Jack.
JJJJJ (528)
283435 2004-10-21 22:41:00 > Murray the part about AMD was more of a dig at Jack, we all know hes a
> Intel fanboy at heart

Yes I know Pete. Just responding in kind ;)

I see Jack has replied in the same spirit.

Cheers Murray ;P
Murray P (44)
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