The Gladiator BIOS has been specially developed for the Quantum Force product series, and is both user friendly and provides powerful overclocking options. BIOS features include a voltage multiplier for accessing a much wider range of voltage settings, advanced memory timing configuration and instant overclocking options for novices. Whether you are an advanced overclocker or a novice, Gladiator BIOS provides tools and features for everybody to enjoy performance computing.
First enter the “Gladiator BIOS” menu and set “Over Clock Phase Select” to “Manual OC”. You will also see an item named “CPU Clock vs Memory Speed”. This item decides the CPU clock and memory frequency relationship. If this is set to Auto, the BIOS will follow the memory speed to adjust itself. If you choose another ratio, the memory frequency will be calculated by this ratio – CPU clock x Ratio. For example, setting the ratio to 1:2.4 when the CPU clock speed is 333MHz (1333MHz FSB) would set the memory frequency to 800MHz (333MHz x 2.4).
Here is a useful chart for understanding the standard ratio and clock speed of your memory…
In the Gladiator BIOS menu you can find a submenu called “All Voltage Control”. “DRAM Voltage Setting” is inside this menu, and you can use this to adjust the memory voltage. We recommend you follow your memory manufacturer’s specification; if you need to increase the voltage, it is not recommended to increase it by more than 10%.
If you set the “DRAM Timing Selectable” item in “Memory Timing Config menu” to “By SPD”, the system will follow the memory SPD to set all memory latency parameters. In theory, the smaller the number, the better the performance (it means shorter latency). However, not all memory can run in low latency.
If your memory is of higher quality and has better overclocking ability, it is recommended to set “DRAM Timing Selectable” as “Manual”. Then you will see 9 memory latency related setting. 4 of these 9 items are the main settings. For example, the DDR2-800 memory can be set as 4-4-4-12
The MARS Gladiator BIOS also has another special item – “Clock Per Command 1T or 2T”. T means command rate. Command Rate is also known as ”First instruction latency”. It means the active time from Physical Bank to Logical Bank. Users can set Command Rate in 1T or 2T. The 1T performance is around 1-2% better compared to the 2T command. However, 1T may impact the overall memory overclocking ability.
That concludes our look at the Gladiator BIOS memory timings!