No, bios is in English. I'd recommend you all try it. It's MUCH better. I can (and i've said it 3 times :)), go as high as 310 with 1:1, 2T (3-4-4-8), and before 1003, and 1004-001, I could only go up to 260 with 2T 1:1. As for the 1T, now I can go to 250 fsb, but system is faster with 290 x 9...