devnulllore Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 Hi, I have the Asus P3V4X motherboard and have some questions about optimization. I run WinXP home and have the typical problem these boards have with my SBLive! card (popping etc..). I have the latest Via 4in1 drivers but have never played with the PCI latancy or tried the PCI Latancy fix they have. Not sure what to do at this point. Also what can be done, besides the typical defrag etc.. with my drive setup shown below, my bottlenecks always seem to stem from the hard drives. Games and such always seem to lag when the HD is being accessed. My drives are as such: IDE1 - 2 - WD Caviar 7200rpm ATA66 drives running at UDMA4 IDE2 - (Master) Plextor 12/10/32A CDRW - (XP reports it to be in Multiword DMA mode2) (Slave) Creative PC-DVD 12X - (XP reports it to be in UDAM mode 2) I had the Via IDE miniport driver installed once but was told that is for special circumstances and to remove it and just use the filter driver that is installed with the 4in1's... again *shrug* Any suggestions? Thanks so much! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 You probably aren't going to get a benefit from anything unless you buy new hardware. You could always buy a Promise ATA100 PCI card and a new ATA100 hard drive (Probably cost about ~$100, total). Also - if your hard drive is being frequently "accessed" while you're playing a game (and you're not loading a new level or someting), it's probably going to be swap file usage (you didn't post your RAM so I can't tell, and if its in your sig, its off, so I cant see it ;). ) Dropping 50 dollars for 256 megs of RAM could be all you need to solve that hard drive problem. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/#findComment-249895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted May 19, 2002 Author Share Posted May 19, 2002 Actualy I currently have 512M of memory and per someones suggestion I have a permanent swap file setup on a "swap" partition on my C: drive. All of my games are installed on my D: drive. Maybe this helps. ~dev Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/#findComment-249902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 If you've defragged and you're still having problems with 512 mb of memory, then you might want to look at buying an add-in card or a new motherboard. What games are you playing that's causing the bottlneck? Not many games need to read/write much when you're using 512 mb of ram. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/#findComment-251297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 Quote Originally posted by devnulllore Hi, I have the Asus P3V4X motherboard and have some questions about optimization. I run WinXP home and have the typical problem these boards have with my SBLive! card (popping etc..). I have the latest Via 4in1 drivers but have never played with the PCI latancy or tried the PCI Latancy fix they have. Not sure what to do at this point. Also what can be done, besides the typical defrag etc.. with my drive setup shown below, my bottlenecks always seem to stem from the hard drives. Games and such always seem to lag when the HD is being accessed. My drives are as such: IDE1 - 2 - WD Caviar 7200rpm ATA66 drives running at UDMA4 IDE2 - (Master) Plextor 12/10/32A CDRW - (XP reports it to be in Multiword DMA mode2) (Slave) Creative PC-DVD 12X - (XP reports it to be in UDAM mode 2) I had the Via IDE miniport driver installed once but was told that is for special circumstances and to remove it and just use the filter driver that is installed with the 4in1's... again *shrug* Any suggestions? Thanks so much! update your Plextor Firmware to version 1.09 Firmware File: http://www.plextor.com/english/support/dow...s/1210au109.exe Website: http://www.plextor.com/english/support/dow.../firm_1210.html i bet you've never done it. if you have cool, but when? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/#findComment-251310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted May 19, 2002 Author Share Posted May 19, 2002 Dungeon Siege mostly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/#findComment-251313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 Quote Originally posted by devnulllore Dungeon Siege mostly. please read my previous post :) it WILL help your burner situation. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/#findComment-251318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted May 19, 2002 Author Share Posted May 19, 2002 I flashed the drive to 1.09 when it first came out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/#findComment-251340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 Well, all I can say is upgrade to a better motherboard that supports UDMA 5 or buy an add-in card. In the long run the first option is the best idea, but if you're desperate for a solution and are willing to pay for it, an add-in card and a new hard drive could be the solution you're looking for. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/#findComment-253754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devnulllore Posted May 21, 2002 Author Share Posted May 21, 2002 Yes, for the short term I think I may have to get a new ATA100 hard drive and a controler card. To upgrade my MOBO I would need to get a new processor and memory. The one I have only supports SEC2 slot chips and PC133 memory. If you know of a MOBO that supports the P3-800EB (slot 1 - 133fsb) and PC100 - 133 memory that also has UDMA 5 capabilties PLEASE let me know. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27642-question-about-asus-p3v4x-mobo-and-optimization/#findComment-254111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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