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M4400: Which Bios (A02 or A03) best for gaming?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Tim Konuch, Feb 17, 2009.

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  1. Tim Konuch

    Tim Konuch Notebook Consultant

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    Which bios is the best for gaming to avoid gpu downclocking and overheating? It seems that both the A02 and A03 are both recommended here in this forum, but which is the better one for gaming? I bought a refurbished M4400 and am trying to plan ahead before it arrives. I can't wait!
     
  2. Weegie

    Weegie Notebook Deity

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    Whichever work's better for you........take's 2 min to change it.

    I use a2,but tried a11 to see if people were correct in saying the earlier bios's misreported temp's,which they don't on mine.
     
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    The Doctor Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm currently using A03 after having tried A06, A09 and A11.

    A09 and A11 both reported temperatures correctly but downclocked the CPU from 2.5GHz to 1.5GHz when it got to about 54 degrees. A06 misread the GPU temperature sending it from ~74 degrees to 105 degrees.
     
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    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    yes, A06 is possibly the worst bios of the lot lol. For me A03 and A11 work great, solved several of the issues i was facing
     
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    Temps are the same on A02, A03 and A11 here too....for me there's only one difference between A02 and A11, gaming is great in both but A11 seems to give me a bit more latency issues (in dpc latency checker) which i got completly rid of somehow in A02 without disabling anything :D
     
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    Thanks everyone for your help!!
     
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