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The BIOS does not offer much in addition to what we have seen with the P4S333. The most important additions are some new CPU / memory ratio settings which, for example allow to run the CPU at 133 MHz with the memory bus at 200 MHz (4:6 ratio). Otherwise, there is really nothing new, it is the typical ASUS / Award Medallion BIOS with all possible tweaking possibilities that we described in earlier review of the P4S333.

One setting deserves a brief mentioning and that is the CPU/Memory Frequency Ratio. It is important to keep in mind that running the CPU at a certain PCI divider (1/3 or ¼) will preclude certain memory ratio settings. For example, a 100 MHz FSB CPU (1/3 PCI divider) will allow to run the memory bus at a 3:6 ratio while a 133 MHz FSB will show up as a 4:6 ratio. In both cases, the resulting memory speed will be 200 MHz or 400 MHz data rate commonly refered to as PC3200 DDR.

Test Configuration

We tested the P4S533 in a variety of different configurations:

Hardware:

• ASUS P4S533
• Intel Pentium4 2.53 GHz
• 1 x 512 MB Mushkin Level2 222 PC2100
• 2 x 256 MB Mushkin PC3000 DDR
• ATI Radeon 8500 / ATI FireGL8800 / ASUS V8460 Ultra (GeForce 4600)
• Maxtor D740X-6L (80 GB)
• ASUS 40x CDROM
• Alps Electric Floppy

• Windows2000
• Service Pack 2

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