PCI Latency timer Q

[Guru]

What should I set the PCI latency timer 2 on my BX 133 RAID (FSB 143MHz)? My options are 0 -> 31 x8(CLK)!

[Guru]

Neither have I on this mobo! But if I remember right the setting on older mobos used to be 33! Is a lower # faster than a higher? If I understand my setting right it's 248 (31*8)!

[omegaRED]

Using TweakBIOS, i`ve set (all) my latencies to248, and gained some 15-20% Mem throughput. If TweakBIOS is valid, higher values are faster.

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[FrankDC]

http://www.lostcircuits.com/advice/bios2/13.shtml

64 is slightly better than 32, anything higher is usually counterproductive. Also if ISA cards are present anything over 32 may cause problems.

[cbman]

Yeah.. just crosschecked on the PCI latencies adding to Mem Throughput and just plain bios PCI latency didn't change much but best preformance was achieved at 64

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