** Source: Intel® . System configuration: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with Socket 478 rated at 2.2 GHz (100 Mhz FSB), Samsung* 570V LCD TFT monitor, Western Digital Caviar* 153AA IDE hard disk drive, Nvidia Gforce* 4 TiT4200 video card (64MB), Teac* FD 235HF 1.44 MB floppy drive, and 128MB of Samsung* DDR266 (Model # M368L1713BT1-CB0). Intel time based on Intel Desktop Board D845EPT2. Leading Competitors time based on average of ABit* BG7M, Chaintech* 9BJF and Asus* P4B533. Individual board times based on average of six time trials, each measured from power on until the DOS prompt appears on the LCD monitor. Quick boot feature enabled (if available) on all boards.

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Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot is available on all current and future Intel® Desktop Boards

Updated: Friday, December 17, 2004