bios what are they

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Name: brianjo
Date: August 1, 2006 at 15:14:56 Pacific
Subject: bios what are they
OS: windows xp
CPU/Ram: p4 2.56 1028 mb ram 128 m
Model/Manufacturer: dell dimension 8200

Comment:

what are bios and if they affect gamming how do i upgrade them i have defalt system bios at the moment
brian norris

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Response Number 1

Name: jam
Date: August 1, 2006 at 15:35:31 Pacific
Subject: bios what are they

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"bios what are they"
BIOS = Basic Input Output System
If you have a Dell, there's very little tweaking you can do with it anyway. If you don't know what it is, don't mess with it. Do some reading about it 1st:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/09/22/bios_for_beginners/index.html

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Response Number 2

Name: Cobra_R
Date: August 1, 2006 at 18:22:47 Pacific
Subject: bios what are they

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The bios doesn't effect gaming it's the hardware in your pc itself that will like processors, ram, graphic cards.
What a bios does in a nutshell is it sends out directions to every thing that is connected and built in to the motherboard.
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Response Number 3

Name: brianjo
Date: August 2, 2006 at 08:20:14 Pacific
Subject: bios what are they

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thanks jam and cobra r

brian norris

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Response Number 4

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: August 2, 2006 at 08:47:32 Pacific
Subject: bios what are they

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"The bios doesn't effect gaming it's the hardware in your pc itself that will like processors, ram, graphic cards."
A BIOS configuration, or an out of date BIOS revision *can* effect performance for gaming, but yes, it is minor compared to what the processor, RAM and graphics cards are.
"How many squirrels had to die to make you look fly?!"

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