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| Award BIOS |    | 8 | 100.00% |
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9th February, 2008, 01:22 PM
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| Award Vs AMI BIOS Just a curiosity, which BIOS do you like more, Award or AMI BIOS. This is a major factor in my descision when buying a board as I like the layout of one more than the other, and I've heard arguments from people who like both. What do you guys think? LEFT is AWARD RIGHT is AMI
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9th February, 2008, 05:12 PM
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| If I had to pick, I would say AMI. It's clean, straight forward and usually offers more information than the Award. On the other hand I was a DFI only guy for awhile and got used to the award bios..
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9th February, 2008, 06:44 PM
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| Award IMO AMI reminds me of a dell bios
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10th February, 2008, 05:36 AM
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| I don't mind which one I have, as long as it has the settings I need 
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10th February, 2008, 11:44 AM
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| I personally prefer the AWARD BIOS layout. Maybe it's just because that is what I am more used to, but I like the layout better. From a functional standpoint, there is no reason that one should offer more settings than the other.
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10th February, 2008, 11:52 AM
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| I've always bought Award, from my Super Socket 7 Tekram MVP3 to my EPoX 8K3A to my Abit AV8. I've built more machines with AMI bios, but I still like Award more and its a factor in my choice when I buy a board. Its the reason I don't buy ASUS for myself.
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23rd February, 2008, 03:44 PM
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| Award, as it is primarily what I deal with, and I'm most comfortable with. I only had one box that had AMI, and it just didn't feel right to use it.
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23rd February, 2008, 04:51 PM
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| I second Necorum, AMI is just to similar to the dell POS I have had to support
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3rd March, 2008, 08:35 PM
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| I've used this board for years, when I buy a new one all of the choices will confuse me like crazy, whether it's Award or AMI!
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5th March, 2008, 01:44 PM
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| Award appears to be winning by a landslide...Maybe people just have a hard time voting for a company called "American Megatrends, Inc." I know I do, it sounds like some corporation for processing baby toys into lead.
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27th March, 2008, 09:25 PM
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| nearly all of my stuff is Award. AMI is OK, just enough difference in navigation, the sideways to vertical part gets me every time. Ron
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