Intel P35 Motherboard Roundup Vol2
5. Asus Blitz Extreme BIOS
Review Pages
2. Asus Blitz Formula SE Retail Package
3. Asus Blitz Formula SE BIOS
4. Asus Blitz Extreme Retail Package
5. Asus Blitz Extreme BIOS
6. Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe Retail Package
7. Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe BIOS
8. Test Configuration
9. Everest Ultimate Edition 2007
10. SiSOFT Sandra
11. PCMARK - 3DMARK
12. Science Mark - PovRay - x264 Benchmark
13. Maxon Cinebench
14. SuperPi
15. SYSmark 2007 - WorldBench
16. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
17. Overclocking DDR2 Motherboards
18. Overclocking DDR3 motherboards
19. Conclusion
The BIOS is more or less what we have seen with the P5K series, with a few improvements.
Under the Extreme Tweaker, there are tons of different settings for FSB, DRAM and Voltages.
After getting over the initial "shock" of seeing so many different voltage settings, we see some differences in the BIOS with the Formula. For example, the Loadline calibration:
The voltages are more or less the same that we saw in the Blitz Formula, but the DDR3 memory voltage can go up to 3.04V, extreme value!
CPU Voltage | 1.10000~1.900000 |
FSB Termination Voltage | 1.20~1.80V |
North Bridge Voltage | 1.20~1.80V |
DRAM Voltage | 1.50~3.04V |
SouthBridge Voltage | 1.050~1.225V |
PLL Voltage | 1.50~2.00V |
Under the Advanced tab, there are more settings to set your CPU:
While things can get very hot if you over-voltage NB:
- Installation
Using Everest Ultimate Edition 2007, we can get more information about the board:
Our tests were performed with SuperTalent PC3-1600CL7 memory, running at 535MHz and 5-5-5-15-1T memory timings
For all tests, we used the latest available BIOS 0804.
Let's now see how our CPU was identified by CPU-Z. The CPU reports 2405.5MHz which like the Formula, should give the Blitz Extreme a small advantage in the tests:
Review Pages
2. Asus Blitz Formula SE Retail Package
3. Asus Blitz Formula SE BIOS
4. Asus Blitz Extreme Retail Package
5. Asus Blitz Extreme BIOS
6. Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe Retail Package
7. Biostar TP35D3-A7 Deluxe BIOS
8. Test Configuration
9. Everest Ultimate Edition 2007
10. SiSOFT Sandra
11. PCMARK - 3DMARK
12. Science Mark - PovRay - x264 Benchmark
13. Maxon Cinebench
14. SuperPi
15. SYSmark 2007 - WorldBench
16. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
17. Overclocking DDR2 Motherboards
18. Overclocking DDR3 motherboards
19. Conclusion