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Lex
December 31st, 2002, 18:52
There is an option in the bios of my mobo that says "Top performance".

What does this actualy do, it is off by default.
does it increase speed and decrease stability? please let me now if you know something about this setting
BTM
December 31st, 2002, 19:21
Top performance ? It changes some BIOS setting's to optimal valus for the MotherBoard but it's better to set them yourself sinc it/you may overclock the CPU or sth.
Lex
December 31st, 2002, 19:22
Originally posted by BTM
Top performance ? It changes some BIOS setting's to optimal valus for the MotherBoard but it's better to set them yourself sinc it/you may overclock the CPU or sth.

no it is not load optimal settings.

i can enable or disable it
BTM
December 31st, 2002, 19:25
Ops, sorry my mistake :>
Lex
December 31st, 2002, 19:30
Here is the manual of my mobo: Manual (http://ftp.gigabyte.com.tw/support/user_pdf/7vaxp_1101.pdf), the option is on page 52.
BTM
December 31st, 2002, 19:37
But the link is broken :>
Lex
December 31st, 2002, 23:52
Originally posted by BTM
But the link is broken :>

The link works for me
BTM
January 1st, 2003, 00:38
Ok it's working now.
LOL the manual explains a lot ;]

Well, nothing else left but to try it for yourself and see what it does :>
Slougi
January 1st, 2003, 04:36
I don't have a pdf viewer installed atm, and am too lazy to do so(:P), but in what section is the option? What it might do is set memory timings to more aggressive values.
BTM
January 1st, 2003, 10:27
It not in a section, its in the main bios menu, aside from "Load Fail-Safe Defaults", "Load Optimized Defalults", and so on.
Lex
February 25th, 2003, 14:23
I turned it on and it gave me a huge perormance gain, in the pcmark bench i went form 4517 to 4661 in the cpu bench and in the memory bench it went form 3278 to 3688. it didn't changed the cas or the processor speed, i think it optimized something on the mobo or something like that because the stability is still perfect.
Gent
February 25th, 2003, 14:32
/me waits for the huge Bang and smoke rising from the netherlands :P
Lex
February 25th, 2003, 15:10
Originally posted by The Gentleman
* The Gentleman waits for the huge Bang and smoke rising from the netherlands :P

The processor and case temps are still the same.

/me makes a double check :happy:

/me sees CPU: 45C and Case: 40C :P
The Khan Artist
February 26th, 2003, 21:46
Sounds like the "Aggresive Performance" options in my BIOS. If you have low-quality components, it can cause stability issues. However, with good stuff, it gives a nice performance increase with 0 stability problems.