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Review: AMD 690G motherboard showdown - ASUS v Sapphire

by James Thorburn on 1 August 2007, 16:25

Tags: ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), AMD (NYSE:AMD), Sapphire

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Sapphire PI-AM2RS690MHD - BIOS

Feature Adjustments
HT Reference Clock (CPU-SPP) N/A (No option in BIOS)
CPU FID x5-CPU max. FID (x1 increments)
PEG Clock N/A (No option in BIOS)
HT Multiplier (CPU-SPP) 1-5x (x1 increments)
Memory Clock 400/533/667/800MHz
Graphics Clock (Memory) 200/250/266/300/333/350MHz
(Graphics Clock mode must be set to Async)
CPU Core voltage 1.000-CPU MAX (0.025v increments)
Memory VDIMM 1.800-2.100v (0.1v increments)
NB Voltage 1.20-1.35v (0.05v increments)

Even compared to the M2A-VM HMDI, Sapphires overclocking options for the PI-AM2RS690MHD are somewhat lacking.

The complete omission of HT clock speed adjustments mean that unless you have a multiplier unlocked CPU, such as the FX-62, there is no way of overclocking your CPU through the BIOS.

BIOS Images








Sapphire's BIOS implementation manages to be both lacking in areas we are interested in, such as the previously mentioned overclocking, and yet vastly over complicated at the same time.

Many of the options included are outright confusing and will just be left on auto.