First: Sorry for the off topic post, but this group is the
best place I've ever seen for tech support & Q/A!
I have the T2P4 w/ 512k cache running a P5-133. The chip
is O/C'd to 166 using the 83MHzx2 settings. Vid card is
the Reactor (of course!) Man this thing flies!
I used DMATest and got the following:
FIFO: 27 MB/s
DMA : 92 MB/s
with the PCI latency set at the default 32.
Runs ICR2 & NASCAR2 flawlessly. Nascar gets 25 fps with
*everything* turned on, 39 seen ahead, 5 back & 4 heard.
ICR2 runs 30 fps solid with everything on, 29 drawn ahead
5 back, 4 heard, mirrors on full detail. WOW!
So I changed the latency setting to 66, my FIFO stayed
the same while DMA went to 126! BUT I was not able to
increase the frame rate in Nascar2.
Do I not understand these test results or am I at the
limit for my system (not that its that bad).
Thanks for any insight!
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Scott D Fraser
'95 Ford Contour SE
'97 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 4x4
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The opinions made up here are my own. My mixed up views
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Game performance increases as your DMA scores increase up to about 90
or so. At that point you've pretty much maxed out the system, and
higher DMA scores will no longer translate into increased performance.
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