Memory bandwidth efficiency(?!?)...

MiseryQ · Apr 29, 2002

I got a board from Newegg a couple weeks ago...
I did'nt pay attention its a Epox 8KHA,,, hell only $50 so I thinks its still a good deal,,, maybe...

After reading some reviews taht mentioned Samsung is pretty good and thats the only DDR I could get local I got it... PC2100...

On Sandra testing the memory score is only 1333/1355mb/s @ 56% efficiency!!!

I see a lot of benches higher with PC2100 and over 90% efficiency...

Is there any memory tweaking I can do?!? Or is it the KT266 chipset?!?

HELP...

Jon · Apr 29, 2002

If it's not an 8KHA+, then it's only the KT266 chipset and won't do near as well as the KT266A.

MiseryQ · Apr 29, 2002

I just reset the bios settings to all SPD and picked up 2% and over 133points...

Are there any register trick that can be done?!?
I looked over the weekend and found none...

davefred99 · Apr 29, 2002

Does that board have an on board video using shaired memmory, if so that will eat your memory bandwith scores up.

MiseryQ · Apr 29, 2002

I think its just the kt266 chipset like Jon mentioned... I'm just going to have to sell it on ebay or live with it...

surfinguru · May 2, 2002

Don't feel too bad, I only get 26% efficiency with my Abit ST6 and Celey1.2.

That's at a 132 FSB.

davefred99 · May 2, 2002

surfinguru said:
Don't feel too bad, I only get 26% efficiency with my Abit ST6 and Celey1.2.
That's at a 132 FSB.

Hmm, Something is totaly wrong with that picture. You should get at least 80% efficianscy with the ST6 mobo. You must have someting/not releasing/stealling your memory. I get at least 53% with onboard video(shared memory). Dont Know what it is but its not right.

surfinguru · May 2, 2002

Well, that's the weird part. My Sandra scores are pretty much in line with what I would expect it to be. At 132 fsb, I'm getting:

Int 989
Float 970 (guessing since I can't remember for sure)

That's about right for CA2 133 set to 2-5/7-2-2 from the other benchies I've seen. I just think it's another one of Sandra's "features."

MiseryQ · May 2, 2002

Does the memory benchmark in Sadra take into account programs using memory...

Should everything be shut down or maybe Clearmem ran before testing the memory?!?

parkan · May 3, 2002

I have 42% with crucial DDR2100 on an nforce board (before I had 40% with generic), but that's because I have shared memory

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