Leadtek K7NCR18G Pro

BIOS

BIOS

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The BIOS is your usual AWARD 6.0 with Leadtek's customisation just like you'd see from any other manufacturer. You have control over front side bus frequency, the CPU controller interface, memory timing adjustments, hardware monitoring, CPU and AGP voltage adjustment, AGP frequency adjustment, CPU multiplier adjustment and full control over each and every peripheral device attached to the board.

You read that right, despite the K7NCR18D coming up short in many areas deemed key to the enthusiast such as multiplier adjustment and AGP/PCI frequency adjustment, the K7NCR18G gets things very right. You have multiplier control on unlocked CPU's that works perfectly. On my sample XP2400+ processor that means all multipliers > 12.5X. You can also lock the AGP frequency independantly of any selected front side bus frequency and PCI is always locked to 33MHz.

Voltage adjustment up to 2V on the processor (including lower voltage Thoroughbred processors) and a small AGP voltage adjustment tops things off. Memory voltage adjustment is taken care of via jumpers on the board (up to 2.8V).

So Leadtek gives the tweakers what they want with the IGP version of the K7NCR18, multiplier adjustment and AGP/PCI lock certainly help make an nForce2 that bit more attractive these days.

Overall some more thumbs up for Leadtek in the BIOS area. Onto the board performance using our test suite.

Review: Leadtek K7NCR18G Pro

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