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DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR - PAGE 4
Terren Tong - Monday, March 21st, 2005


BIOS Settings at a Glance

The nF4 BIOS is pretty complex and we've done our best to summarize the different settings available with most of the enthusiast settings. We will go into some commentary about the BIOS on the following page but here is summary of settings available on the nF4 SLI-DR (most of which relate to memory).

FSB Bus Speed200-456 Mhz in 1 Mhz increments
HyperTransport Ratio1-3 in 0.5 steppings 3-5 in integer steppings
HyperTransport Bandwith8/8, 16/8, 8/16, 16/16
CPU Multiplier Ratios4 to CPU Max in 0.5 steppings
PCI Express Frequency100-145Mhz in 1 Mhz steppings
CPU Voltage0.800-1.550 in 0.0125v steppings; voltage multiplier settings 1.00, 1.04, 1.10, 1.13, 1.23, 1.26, 1.33, 1.36
HyperTransport Voltage1.20v to 1.50v in 0.1v steppings
Chipset Voltage1.5v to 1.8v in 0.1v steppings
DRAM Voltage2.5v to 4.9v in 0.1v steppings
Memory Divider1:2, 3:5, 2:3, 7:10, 3:4, 5:6, 9:10, 1:1
Command Per ClockOn/Off
CAS Latency Control (TCL)1.0-4.5 in 0.5 steppings
RAS Latency Control (TCL)0-7 Bus Clocks
Min RAS active time (Tras)0-15 Bus Clocks
Row Precharge Time (Trp)0-7 Bus Clocks
le time (Trc)7-22 Bus Clocks
Row Refresh Cycle Time (Trfc)9-24 Bus Clocks
Row to Row Delay (Trrd)0-7 Bus Clocks
Write Recover Time (Twr)2-3 Bus Clocks
Write to Read Delay (Twtr)1-2 Bus Clocks
Read to Write Delay (Trwt)1-8 Bus Clocks
Refresh Period (Tref)16-4708 Cycles; varied stepping size
Write CAS Latency (Twcl)1-8 Bus Clocks
DRAM Bank InterleaveOn/Off
DQS Skew ControlIncrease/Decrease Skew
DQS Skew Value0-255
DRAM Drive StrengthLevel 2-8
DRAM Data Drive StrengthLevel 1-4
Max Async Latency1-15ns
Read Preamble Time2-9.5ns in 0.5 ns steppings
Idle Cycle Limit0-256 Cycles; stepping increments are double the previous value
Dynamic CounterEnable/Disable
R/W Queue Bypass0,4,8,16
Bypass Max0-7
32 Byte Granularity4 or 8 Bursts

Article Index

1.Introduction
2.Specifications & Features
3.Box Contents and Board Layout
4.BIOS Settings at a Glance
5.The BIOS in Detail
6.Hardware & Benchmark Setup
7.Productivity and Synthetic Tests
8.Disk I/O, USB2 and LAN Testing
9.Sound Testing & Media Encoding
10.Comanche 4, Halo, X2:Rolling Demo
11.Call of Duty, UT2k4, Half-Life 2, DOOM 3
12.SLI Testing
13.Overclocking and Conclusions

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