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FIC 486-PIO3 mobo

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Reply 40 of 41, by matze79

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The Chipset is just slow, i also have a Board with those VIA Chips on it.
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Reply 41 of 41, by brotherdg2@gmail.com

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The memory controller in those VIA boards is really slow. Updating the BIOS and enabling function - Combine Alter & Tag Bits - helped to speed it up. On the old BIOS version, it didn't do anything. However, the performance is still lower compare to SIS 496/7 board.