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First post, by Calolo

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Hello

I have a retro PC with the following specifications:
- Gigabyte GA-6BXC v2.0 440BX - BIOS "powerleap3.bin"
- Intel Pentium III 800MHz (8x100)
- Soltek SL-02A++
- 256MB SDRAM PC133 C2
- 3dfx Voodoo 3 1000 16MB AGP (O/C @145MHz)
- 64GB Lexar Professional CF 800x
- Windows 98 SE

All games work fine but the memory bandwidth benchmarks are quite low.
Using Sandra 2002 or 2004, the "INT" bandwidth is normal (same as other benchmarks) but the FLOAT is underperforming (-40%).
I tried with a clean install of Win98SE but the results are the same.

What could be causing this loss of performance in the FLOAT bench?

I see the same low results in the AIDA32 memory benchmark.

I tried to flash the BIOS to the "beta F4c" version but no change.
No more luck by swapping with other memory sticks...

Thanks for your help.

Reply 2 of 4, by maxtherabbit

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Check if the BIOS has an option for "in order queue depth" and set it to its highest value

Reply 3 of 4, by Calolo

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Of course I have forced the memory CAS2 in the BIOS setup.

Unfortunately no option "in-order queue depth" for this motherboard. Some software reports the value of 4 is used (should be 8?).

Reply 4 of 4, by maxtherabbit

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I believe 4 is the correct value for a BX