Here's a tip before running a CPU-intensive game like F1-2000: make
sure your friggin' BIOS settings are correct for your hardware! I had a
recent system problem that caused me to have to use a mobo jumper to
clear the CMOS and start fresh. Being in a hurry, I just took the BIOS
defaults and figured I'd eventually go back and "fine tune" some
settings. What I just realized is that my BIOS default is to set the
bus speed at 66MHz instead of the 100MHz that it's supposed to be. This
means that my 600MHz PIII with 100MHz DRAM has been running at 400MHz
with 66MHz memory -- I've been losing 1/3 of my performance. No wonder
F1-2000 seemed to run so damn slow.
Now I can't wait to get home and try it at the correct system speed.
Doug Gordon
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In article <[email hidden]>,
Liutger Franzen <[email hidden]> wrote:
> > settings. What I just realized is that my BIOS default is to set the
> > bus speed at 66MHz instead of the 100MHz that it's supposed to be.
>
> uhm - what kind of BIOS is this? modern BIOS are supposed to check the
> type of CPU and setup FSB, core-voltage and that stuffautomatically ...
>
> Lio
>
It's an Award BIOS on a Tyan S1854. This mobo is very flexible -- has
socketing to take either a PIII or Celeron. The clock multiplier is set
by jumpers, but the FSB speed is selectable by the user in the BIOS. It
supports a 133MHz FSB in addition to 100 & 66. This is not an automatic
setting, as there could be various reasons for setting a speed faster
or slower than normal. This also allows you to try overclocking fairly
easily. Note that this is a full-featured BIOS that you usually only
get when you buy the mobo "in a box". If you get this mobo in a system
from one of the larger PC mfrs such as Micron, you end up with a dumbed-
down BIOS that doesn't let you see or tweak these types of settings.
Doug
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Before you buy.
hey
this is NOT A F1 2000 related problem.
It is your own set up fault.
Whoever did the setup for you deserves a ........
Doug Gordon <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Here's a tip before running a CPU-intensive game like F1-2000: make > sure your friggin' BIOS settings are correct for your hardware! I had a > recent system problem that caused me to have to use a mobo jumper to > clear the CMOS and start fresh. Being in a hurry, I just took the BIOS > defaults and figured I'd eventually go back and "fine tune" some > settings. What I just realized is that my BIOS default is to set the > bus speed at 66MHz instead of the 100MHz that it's supposed to be. This > means that my 600MHz PIII with 100MHz DRAM has been running at 400MHz > with 66MHz memory -- I've been losing 1/3 of my performance. No wonder > F1-2000 seemed to run so damn slow. > > Now I can't wait to get home and try it at the correct system speed. > > Doug Gordon > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.I cannot believe that! i have 5.5*100=550Mhz and if i take it defaul
5.5*66=363Mhz, it cannot be faster.
-Jani Kankaanp��-
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> Here's a tip before running a CPU-intensive game like F1-2000: make > sure your friggin' BIOS settings are correct for your hardware! I had a > recent system problem that caused me to have to use a mobo jumper to > clear the CMOS and start fresh. Being in a hurry, I just took the BIOS > defaults and figured I'd eventually go back and "fine tune" some > settings. What I just realized is that my BIOS default is to set the > bus speed at 66MHz instead of the 100MHz that it's supposed to be. This > means that my 600MHz PIII with 100MHz DRAM has been running at 400MHz > with 66MHz memory -- I've been losing 1/3 of my performance. No wonder > F1-2000 seemed to run so damn slow. > > Now I can't wait to get home and try it at the correct system speed. > > Doug Gordon > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.> settings. What I just realized is that my BIOS default is to set the
> bus speed at 66MHz instead of the 100MHz that it's supposed to be.
uhm - what kind of BIOS is this? modern BIOS are supposed to check the
type of CPU and setup FSB, core-voltage and that stuff automatically ...
Lio
