Foxconn Renaissance X58 Digital Life Motherboard
BIOS
Published: 8th February 2009 | Source: Foxconn | Price: £249.99 |
The Foxconn Renaissance uses an American Megatrends BIOS. Most of these screens will look very familiar, and as a result I will be concentrating purely on the tweaking/tuning/overclocking settings in order to save time as I'm sure many of you are already familiar with the other pages. The overclocking settings are contained with the Fox Central Control Unit section which is where we shall start our tour.
Upon entering the Fox Central Control Unit section of the BIOS we are greeted with CPU Configuration, Memory Timing Config, All Voltage Control, QPI Frequency, and CPU Frequency. Under the CPU Configuration tab we can see the obligatory CPU Ratio ; Hardware Prefetcher; Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch; Limit CPUID; Virtualisation Technology; Execute Disable Bit and Intel Hyperthreading Function settings.
Under the All Voltage Control tab we have voltage configuration options for CPU, VTT, Memory and the Northbridge. For CPU and VTT voltage options you basically pick an option from the voltage stepping drop-down list. Foxconn has also provided current voltage/target voltage screen below the drop-down list which makes the method a little more functional and accurate. Memory voltage can be increased to a maximum of 2.794 volts and Northbridge voltage to a maximum of 1.936 volts.
The Foxconn Renaissance has a really comprehensive PC Health tab where all current voltages are displayed and temperature thresholds and fan settings are able to be adjusted accordingly. Nice touch Foxconn.
Let's head over the page to see how we're going to test the Foxconn Renaissance...
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I was waiting for the review of this. 
Awesome looking board and the northbridge looks epic.
Awesome looking board and the northbridge looks epic.
Not a bad looking board. That heatsink is strangeness personified though. Why produce a board that is unlikely to handle the huge heatsinks most people use? Very odd choice.
Like the colour scheme though. As those who've seen my profile can attest lol.
Quite a steep price for such an average overclock. The Bloodrage is only 30 quid more.
Like the colour scheme though. As those who've seen my profile can attest lol.
Quite a steep price for such an average overclock. The Bloodrage is only 30 quid more.
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Originally Posted by name='VonBlade'
Not a bad looking board. That heatsink is strangeness personified though. Why produce a board that is unlikely to handle the huge heatsinks most people use? Very odd choice.
Like the colour scheme though. As those who've seen my profile can attest lol. Quite a steep price for such an average overclock. The Bloodrage is only 30 quid more. |
24GB anyone?
Nice review m8.
Couple of questions for you:
The CPU-Z screeny shows 1.216v. Was this max Vcore you used?
What was the Vdrop/droop like?
Couple of questions for you:
The CPU-Z screeny shows 1.216v. Was this max Vcore you used?
What was the Vdrop/droop like?
Thanks all for comments so far 
@ webbo: Nah voltage was set at 1.4v in BIOS mate.
@ webbo: Nah voltage was set at 1.4v in BIOS mate.
Good job on the review Matthew
I would however have the Bloodrage over this any day..
I would however have the Bloodrage over this any day..
Horses for courses I think. The bloodrage is targeted to a different audience (hardcore benchers) whereas the renaissance is more a workstation based platform.
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