ABIT Engineers Crack the 865PE Code - ABIT?s IS7 / IC7 Series now with Game Accelerator The Fastest Motherboards Ever Made Taipei, Taiwan, June 11, 2003 - In a spectacular feat of engineering prowess, the ABIT Engineers have created a BIOS for the IS7 Series that unlocks the performance of the 865PE chipset, making the ABIT IS7 series boards the fastest 865PE motherboards ever made! Even at stock speeds, the IS7 series is 17% faster than all other Springdale boards. The IC7 Series also takes advantage of ABIT?s Game Accelerator making the ABIT IS7 / IC7 series the gamer?s choice for more frags, better gameplay and mind-bending graphic performance.
Within ABIT Softmenu?, Game Accelerator allows users the following options:
Auto
Turbo
Street Racer
F1
Users have a choice between ?Auto?, ?Turbo?, ?Street racer? and ?F1? so they can optimize their system performance according to their memory modules. The IC7-G will also come equipped with these new settings. With each setting, users can push their overall PC performance further and further. Those who select F1 in the BIOS settings are looking to get Formula 1 performance from their desktop PC, and so should be prepared to unleash raw computing power.
WARNING: When using F1 performance take the necessary precautions! Inadequate cooling and inferior hardware could result in system burnout, financial hardship, or even death!
Editors Choice Gold Award: Best Overall Pentium 4 Motherboard
?ABIT has put together a well performing motherboard with a wonderful array of features and overclocking potential at an incredible price point. The ABIT IS7 is living proof of ABIT's commitment to the enthusiast desktop market, and we can only hope they continue to produce more motherboards like the IS7 for years to come.?
?The performance speaks for itself if you looked at any of our graphs. The ABIT IS7 consistently beat out the more expensive and feature packed 875P/Canterwood board we compared to throughout our benchmarks.
The ABIT IS7 series delivers what is possibly the best bang for the buck we will see this year. And that is simply hard to argue with.?
?Intel thought that it was correct in saying that PAT could not be activated. But this proved to be incorrect - as we have shown.?
?The BIOS version 1.3 Beta for the ABIT IS7-G arrived. ABIT has made a leap in performance and now the frame rates in Quake 3 have increased from 366 to 418 fps!?
For the full review, click here : http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1831&p=1
More Frame Rates and Cool BIOS Settings
The largest performance gain can be found in the framerates of Quake III, with a 30% performance increase. Will this translate into more frags? Probably.
Game Accelerator: Auto (319.3 FPS) Game Accelerator: F1 (347.4 FPS)
How to Get ABIT?s Game Accelerator for the IS7 Series
1 Go to www.abit.com.tw to download BIOS IS7g_13.b03
2 Load Optimized Defaults
3 Advanced Chipset Features
4 Game Accelerator:
- Turbo
- Street Racer
- F1
5. Save to CMOS and EXIT
ABIT IS7 Series Product Comparison Chart
Model Chipset LAN SB SATA PCI SATA
RAID IEEE 1394 Intel Extreme Graphics 2
IS7-G 865PE+ICH5R Gigabit RAID 0 RAID 0/1 3 ports N
IS7 865PE+ICH5R 10/100M RAID 0 - 3 ports N
IS7-E 865PE+ICH5 10/100M 2 ports - - N
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