Although we would like the 7ZX to support some form of front side bus manipulation within the BIOS, we did recently discover Gigabyte's newest software addition, EasyTune III that operates from within Windows. Featuring incremental FSB jumps of 1MHz in most cases, it shouldn't be hard to land the optimal frequency for your Socket A processor.

Most of Gigabyte's past products have featured rather simplistic BIOS controls, and the 7ZX is no exception. Past ABIT of ASUS users will be disappointed with a lack of CPU voltage control, VIO control, or even the option to change the clock multiplier for those who decide to unlock their CPU.

One feature that timid BIOS updates will value is Gigabyte's DualBIOS implementation, which utilizes master and slave BIOS chips. If one BIOS detects the other is corrupt during the boot-up process, it will halt and allow boot-up from the backup BIOS. In addition, DualBIOS included a built-in flash utility, which allows safe recovery of the other BIOS or the ability to flash to a previous image if there is a problem.