AMD memory benchmarks

[Indiana]

Hi there.
Since the default systems that are selectable in Sandra seem to be performing nowhere near what they actually can do when they're tweaked a bit, I'd like to see the results of various AMD chipsets tweaked to the max.
Show what your KT133, AMD760, ALi or SIS735 (anyone really has one of the last two?) can deliver at most. Differences between mobos or BIOSes might be interesting, too.

O.K., so here's my EPoX 8KHA with the VIA KT266 (yes, the old "slow" one), tweaked to 160MHz FSB with turbo mem-settings in the BIOS:








EDIT: P.S. this is on a TBird 1333 running at 1440MHz (9*160)

EDIT2: Even though the Computer is otherwise stable at this FSB (with NoName RAMs!), I can't use it because my SCSI hostadapter freaks out and begins to trash the HD... The IDE drives (both internal and a HighPoint370 RAID) don't have any problems - maybe time to ditch SCSI?

[Indiana]

Bump.

[Nuno]

Asus A7V133 @ 144 Mhz CAS 2-2-2



Not too shabby

[DuRaNgO]

Mine @ 11x145=1595 pc2100 cas2.5

[Indiana]

Nuno: Yes, not too shabby for SDR. But don't trust those Sandra given comparision systems. I've never had a "real-world" system that performed as bad as the "comparable" one listed in Sandra - not with my AMD750, nor with the KT133 or now the KT266. I guess SiSoft run them at the most conservative settings selectable so that noone will complain to the mobo manufacturer and say "hey, look at Sandra, it should run faster". If your system performs better than what is said to be par, everyone tends to be happy.

DuRaNgO: can you bump the AMD760 up to 160 FSB (or anywhere near)? I'd really like to see a realworld AMD760 against KT266 test...
(EDIT: To all you word-pickers: real-world meaning real-world systems, I'm not saying that Sandra would be a realworld test...)

And to all: anyone having a SiS735? Come on and tune the FSB you should be able to crack that GB/s barrier. A KT266A would be really nice, too - if someone already has one...

[DuRaNgO]

I'll try lowering the multi and go for 160, don't know how good the ram is though

[Indiana]

Originally posted by DuRaNgO
I'll try lowering the multi and go for 160, don't know how good the ram is though

Be careful if you're having SCSI - many of those hostadapters don't like high PCI speeds. I had to reinstall Win2k after my 160 FSB try cause unfortunately my only SCSI HD (the trashed one) was the Win2k boot one....

Anyone knows a SCSI hostadapter that doesn't freak out at high PCI speeds?

[DuRaNgO]

well, I sqeaked out 157 anything higher wouldn't get to the desktop: I also needed to lower some of the mem timings slightly

157x9.5

[windigo]

this is my atempt to catch you guys with a micro-star k7t pro2-a
hope the pics show...

chipset is kt133 via4.33 driver package memory bank interleave on cas 2 speed 133

hmmm lagging a little
well previewed it and no pics but the links work

[mbrock]

Here is my Sandra score with my FSB @ 170

[mbrock]

Originally posted by mbrock
Here is my Sandra score with my FSB @ 170

I forgot to attach the jpeg

[Indiana]

Originally posted by mbrock



I forgot to attach the jpeg

And you especially forgot to tell us which mainboard / chipset and what CPU you have - which would be quite interesting since up to now you hold the "high-score"...

[mbrock]

Sorry I did not tell you what my system is

CPU 1400 AYHJA-K @ 1615 (9.5X170)
Core voltage 2.06
Mother Board Abit KG7 - raid
Video Card: Gainward CardExpert Geforce 3
NIC: 3COM 3c905b
Hard Drive: 2 IBM 75GXP ATA100 15gig raid 0
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live X Gamer
Ram: 2 256meg Corsair PC2400 with Thermaltake heat spreaders
HSF CPU: MC462 A
HSF NB: Modded Stock 1gig HSF lapped with 60mm Delta
Case: Antec SX840 3 intakes 2 exhaust
OS: Dual Boot ME & 2000

[Indiana]

O.K., so the 170MHz FSB explains something, together with the 1,6+GHz CPU.

Still waiting for any SiS owners to contribute (or ALi for that matter). If the SiS does FSBs near 160 it should be able to beat those scores.

[mbrock]

Go to http://www.icronticforums.com if you want to see some high memory scores Some of the owners of KG7's are running over 180 FSB.