I did use heatsink compound, (and a good sized fan and heatsink) the
chip seems to run quite cool anyway, after running rally 2000 for over
an hour it was only warm.

I installed powerleaps.  Do I need to have it running all the time in
the background to get the 3dnow instructions working??  Or is it a once
off thing?

Thanx again...Leigh Jennings

Your pretty limited on any BIOS improvements for any more speed. This=
 is about all I see left to do.

    Go into BIOS and make sure video memory is set at 4Meg.

    Set your display to 24bit 800x600.

    Install DirectX 7.0a
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10045-100-1552683.html?tag=3Dst.dl.1=

0001_103_1.lst.td

    Install Powerleaps Control Panel to enable 3D Now! instructions.
http://www.powerleap.com/ccp4015.htm

    And thats about the best you can hope for.

    As for a "good" BIOS site, I'm STILL searching... =

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