I was wondering how the DMA performance of the ASUS T2P4 (HX)
motherboard compared to the ASUS TVP4 (VX) motherboard (w/SDRAM) What
kind of DMA scores does the (VX) board get? Similar to the HX?
Thanks, Michael Gilbert
From my understanding, the ASUS VX board has a PCI Latency Timer
setting in its BIOS. This means that you can tweak it for the best
possible DMA scores. With this in mind, it should give quite good
scores. In terms of overall performance, a VX board with SDRAM should
be very similar to an HX with EDO. Despite the extra cost, I'd
recommend the VX/SDRAM combo. You'll want SDRAM in the near future
anyway, so why keep buying the outdated EDO?
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> I was wondering how the DMA performance of the ASUS T2P4 (HX)
> motherboard compared to the ASUS TVP4 (VX) motherboard (w/SDRAM) What
> kind of DMA scores does the (VX) board get? Similar to the HX?
> Thanks, Michael Gilbert
Pentium 166 overclocked to 188
16 MB EDO ram
256k cache
I hear that this is high for a VX board, but this VX is able to run at a
75MHz bus, which i suppose has given me top notch scores.
I thought SDRAM had been superceded by something that went above
SDRAM's 100Mhz limit?
Stuart
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Well there's RDRAM, but it's a ways off. Since we will not be seeing
boards surpass the 100mhz bus speed for some time anyway, SDRAM will be
the RAM of choice for nearly all users. Officially Intel hasn't even
surpassed 66mhz yet, and even the newest TX boards so far don't go over
83mhz.
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least is sure!
Cheers!
John
>>> Despite the extra cost, I'd
>>>recommend the VX/SDRAM combo. You'll want SDRAM in the near future
>>>anyway, so why keep buying the outdated EDO?
True there is not much of a speed increase as the VX chipset really
doesn't know how to use SDRAM. For now, that's not of much concern.
Considering EDO can barely handle 83mhz bus speeds without conservative
timing settings in the BIOS (these and faster bus speeds are going to
be necessary soon), why keep buying it since SDRAM handles these speeds
without any hesitations. Sure SDRAM is more expensive, but it will
save you another upgrade down the road.
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