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General discussion

Bios

Mar 31, 2004 4:16AM PST

What are the better settings for these two functions:

"System bios cacheable" and "Video bios cacheable".

Enabled or disabled, and why?

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BIOS SURVIVAL GUIDE.
Mar 31, 2004 4:31AM PST
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Re:BIOS SURVIVAL GUIDE.
Mar 31, 2004 5:56AM PST

The same reason I ask all of these questions about settings. I don't believe in overclocking past a devices native optimum settings, but I do believe there is an optimum setting for all devices. If they can be accessed, set that way the machine will not only run better, but it will be better for it in the long run. So to answer your question it is to get the best performance out of my machine and make it last longest by having it tuned best it can be. I know that may sound weird, but look what happens to a tv if you whack the picture settings badly and run it that way for years.

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Re:Re:BIOS SURVIVAL GUIDE.
Mar 31, 2004 6:36AM PST

Just an opinion.

My thoughts are to adjust the machine to get the max perf while staying within the design specs.

Meaning I do not overclock.

If I posted that on the overclocks forum they would all have a good laugh and tell me how they get 150% or 200% better perf.

That maybe true but I have not seen any smoke or had to replace any parts yet.

Can the overclockers say the same???