Have you been having problems with your Nvidia nForce PCI writes? If the answer is yes! then Tech-report.com have the answers for you.
Last week, we revealed the possibility that NVIDIA's nForce chipset may have a problem with PCI writes. We weren't sure at the time what exactly was the cause, so we turned to you for results. We also checked with MSI and NVIDIA to get their input on the matter. Now we have some answers.
Your testing results provided a clear pattern. Regardless of processor, OS, adapter, or hard drive differences, the MSI K7N420 Pro would not write data any faster than 20MB/s. Meanwhile, the Asus A7N266 series posted numbers down in the 3MB/s range. However, A7N results also proved that the newest beta BIOS resolved these PCI writes problems. Abit and Leadtek results stayed elusive until the last minute, but you guys came through with scores in the 61MB/s and 58MB/s range, showing that these boards are unaffected by the PCI writes problem. With those results in hand, it was beginning to look more and more like a BIOS issue?that the culprit was more Darth MSI than Darth NVIDIA! For the Full story and the Bios Downloads Warp2 Tech-report.com
Last week, we revealed the possibility that NVIDIA's nForce chipset may have a problem with PCI writes. We weren't sure at the time what exactly was the cause, so we turned to you for results. We also checked with MSI and NVIDIA to get their input on the matter. Now we have some answers.
Your testing results provided a clear pattern. Regardless of processor, OS, adapter, or hard drive differences, the MSI K7N420 Pro would not write data any faster than 20MB/s. Meanwhile, the Asus A7N266 series posted numbers down in the 3MB/s range. However, A7N results also proved that the newest beta BIOS resolved these PCI writes problems. Abit and Leadtek results stayed elusive until the last minute, but you guys came through with scores in the 61MB/s and 58MB/s range, showing that these boards are unaffected by the PCI writes problem. With those results in hand, it was beginning to look more and more like a BIOS issue?that the culprit was more Darth MSI than Darth NVIDIA! For the Full story and the Bios Downloads Warp2 Tech-report.com
