8KNXP Rev 2 - BIOS Question

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?)

I belive that should be enabled, it's a performance thingy....


"Si" <si@munirs.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I was looking through the bios screen yesterday, and I noticed something
> called "CIA". I have this set as disabled but I was wondering if I should
> change it. Does anyone else use this function?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Si
> P4 2.53 GHz
> 1 GB Ram
> Windows XP Pro
>
>

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?)

So, it doesn't work on boring CPU intensive games then?
Very clever.
- Tim

"Henrik Dissing" <sorry@drowned.in.spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 May 2004 23:40:43 +0100, Si wrote:
>
>>I was looking through the bios screen yesterday, and I noticed something
>>called "CIA". I have this set as disabled but I was wondering if I should
>>change it. Does anyone else use this function?
>
> From GigaByte's press release:
>
> "C.I.A. (CPU Intelligent Accelerator) is designed to detect CPU loading
> during software program's executing, and automatically adjust CPU
> computing
> power to maximize system performance. During loading high CPU resources
> consumption tasks, such as video and audio encoding programs or thrilling
> 3D
> games, the CPU requires more CPU computing power; when C.I.A. is enabled,
> it
> will detect the current CPU loading and automatically accelerate the CPU
> computing performance, thus allow programs to execute faster and smoother.
> On the other hand, when the programs are terminated, the CPU will return
> back to its initial status."
>
> Read http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/msi-dot-review/ if you want a an
> independent (and critical) view.
>
> When I tried C.I.A. my machine became very unstable, so my advice is this:
>
> If you want to overclock, learn how to do it yourself.
> --
> Best regards,
> Henrik Dissing
>
> (e-mail: hendis AT post DOT tele DOT dk)