Epox MF570 SLI AM2 Motherboard Preview

Motherboards/AMD AM2 by windwithme @ 2006-05-23

With only 0 days until the official launch of AMD?s AM2 more information is leaking out about the upcoming platform, we take a sneak peek at the offering from Epox, the MF570 SLI which has quite a bit of features to please the enthusiast out there.

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BIOS features

The Epox has a Phoenix AwardBIOS with some custom options added for us enthusiasts, the most interesting ones you’ll find under the “Power BIOS features”

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The HTT (FSB) can be increased from 200 to 450 in 1 Mhz steps.

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The multiplier can be lowered to 4x if your CPU supports it.

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DDR2 Memory voltage control 1.8~1.5v, it would have been better if there were more steps between the extremes now the voltage is increase 0.1v per step, 0.05v would have been better.

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AM2 officially supports speeds up to DDR2 800.

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Under the “Advanced Chipset Features” menu you can have detailed control over the HT settings and Memory timings

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DRAM configuration allows for very detailed control of the memory timings.

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Health Status Page allows you to enable Smart Fan control for silent computing, and you can monitor temperatures and voltages. Interesting thing to notice is the “Thermo Stick Temperature” value, which corresponds to an external temp probe, much like the one once included in the now dated Abit TH7 motherboard.
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