First post, by Aebtdom
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Hi everyone,
I am trying to get the maximum out of my current Pentium build and I noticed something I did not expect to give so much performance impact.
My build had 128mb pc100 sdr memory in it, running at 66mhz and it gave a decent 3dm99 score of 1287 with a single voodoo 2 card.
I ran into another bank at my parents house (apparently these things happen) and plugged it in. Yes I know it is way to much for the 233 to handle but the performance dropped to 1150, which is around a 10% loss.
My question is, what is the sweet spot? Are 2 banks slower than one? Would 2x64 be better? Or one 64mb bank? Or even 2x32mb? (PC can only allocate 2 banks of memory)
Thanks.
Builds:
Xp3000+ gf3 ti200 + vd2 SLI 12MB + 768MB + SB live @ WinXP & 98 Dualboot.
P2 350mhz + Diamond Viper V550 + 3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB + AWE64 + 128MB SDR @ msdos / win98.