PCI latency? a Q for Gurus

Emile

Hello,
I did find this on an other forum. I run FS2004 game.
What is the opinion of the gurus about the suggestion?
http://www.flightsimnetwork.com/dcfo...D21/20370.html
Thanks in advance

Mirrored @ Guru3D

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=951

AGnoobler · 01-06-2005, 08:33 | posts: 92

ive read about this one before but was not bold enough to give it a go. Maby if the guru puts the file on the download list i might try it. Those programs are always located at strange locations.

Damnit · 01-06-2005, 09:15 | posts: 2,423 | Location: Uncle Sam's Pocket

I set mine from 248 to 64 like the others did and I noticed that Resistance ran muuuuch smoother afterwards. HL2 seems a little better now but I still need to dust off FS9 and see how that runs

baroudan · 01-06-2005, 23:27 | posts: 101 | Location: france

i try it too and set the value from 248 to 64 and i must say there is a big difference, thanks for the link, wonderful utility.It's strange, all latencys are set to 0, only vga is set to 248, and pci bridge to 64. Now pci and agp have the same value.

Freeze · 01-07-2005, 03:03 | posts: 45 | Location: London

Yeah! Wonderful Utility to set PCI Latency.

THE BEST SO FAR.

Mr_ALLroy · 01-07-2005, 03:07 | posts: 1,646 | Location: Calgary Canada®

This is a really good post with some great info.

I tried the PCI Latency tool, but found it did not keep the settings on reboot. So I googled and found another software that does the same thing and kept my settings after a reboot. I also ran PCI Latency Tool to see if my settings were shown as changed in that, and they were.
If you find your changed settings don't "stick" after a reboot, try this proggy as an alternative.

http://www.mark-knutson.com/t3/downloadbuy.html

The link is located at the bottom of the page.

Toxic Worrier · 01-07-2005, 21:23 | posts: 938 | Location: Middle Georgia

Emile,
You get my vote for helpful mofo of the day.....
Thanks, because I didn't know about any latency tool. ATI expert tool has the option I think, but ...EVGA supplies a small booklet with a 6800GT and in there it says to set AGP aperture to 4. "believe it or not" and also to set pci latency to 128. In my nf7s bios you can set pci latency like you want, but it's not for the AGP.
I haven't been having any problems with anyting but I like to have the option to tweak, if you know what I mean. So, now I have a tool to set it like I need it. You see, my GT was set to 248, and by setting it to 128, and leaving all other pci settings to 32, I do notice a little bit of smoothness, and responsiveness in my games. I'm going to test a few different settings before Im done, like maybe set all of them to 32, so pci and agp match, The Half life 2 demo absolutley runs better, loads much faster, and sounds better. or clearer. I just wanted to say thanks,,,,,this was a worthwhile thread for sure...and MrAllroy, Just be sure to click save and then apply at startup, with the latency tool, and then the registry will set it and it'll stick when you reboot........ goog luck,

Emile

Hello Toxic Warrior,
I did apply this modification on my system and I have to tell that FS2004 is smoother and ,surprising, the sound quality is now very good (surround) .
Hope it will help more guys.

Emile · 01-08-2005, 11:06 | posts: 92 | Location: Brussels Belgium

Hi,
Only CSF1 does not work with this modification.

01-08-2005, 11:27 | posts: n/a

you didn't set it right if the pci latency tool didn't keep it after reboot

you have to right click and click change setting which will show the new setting box

and enter your preferred value

then click quick change and set the value so its your preferred value now

then go to settings and click apply on startup and then click save

presto

pci latency values set at startup

Mr_ALLroy · 01-08-2005, 18:39 | posts: 1,646 | Location: Calgary Canada®

Thanks Toxic Worrier. I had already tried to save and load on startup, as well as everything else the program would allow me to do. Still no luck. Perhaps there is a service I have disabled that won't make the settings stick with PCI Latency tools.

Anyways, since making this change in settings, I've noticed alot of stutter gone. And my sound card doesn't act up like it used to.

Thanks again Emile for bringing this great information to all the guru's.

KENNYB · 01-08-2005, 19:17 | posts: 883 | Location: Irvine, CA

I set my latency to 64 and there was no change in games. Though the only game that stutters for me is HL2. Everything else was okay before and after.

Advis · 01-08-2005, 20:14 | posts: 908 | Location: The Glorious hills of Yorkshire.

All my Latencies were either @ 0 or 32. I bumped my video card up to 64 and the framerate has gone up slightly and there seems to be less stutters. Nice one!

Toxic Worrier · 01-09-2005, 01:59 | posts: 938 | Location: Middle Georgia

Life is good
on this fine day in 2Thousand5

Sgt.Stanky · 01-09-2005, 03:51 | posts: 11 | Location: USA

I Found PCI Tool To Work Great When Tweaked To Fit Your System....Gotta Major Perfomance Boost Allowing Me To Run HL2 Mint With AF 2Q And AA 2x...Thanx For The Help Guys!

Burnt_Ram · 01-09-2005, 16:51 | posts: 5,867 | Location: British Columbia

my PCI latency was @ 32 for my abit nf7 ? 248 ??? i set it at 128. gunna test ...

Burnt_Ram · 01-09-2005, 17:28 | posts: 5,867 | Location: British Columbia

i installed that tool, and locked my AGP latency @ 64 from 248 .. weird ! just tested FarCry, and indeed it does seem alot smoother. go figure ...

z3r0maX · 01-09-2005, 18:17 | posts: 20 | Location: Lublin, Poland

I set 64 for my graphics card, and IDE controller and now i got few more fps in HL2

Thanks!

Toxic Worrier · 01-09-2005, 22:36 | posts: 938 | Location: Middle Georgia

I find that in all actuallity, I don't notice anything more than better sound and a little bit of smoother gameplay....but hey ! Thats a good thing now, ain't it ?

All of us should read this and just try to even out the latency between pci and agp..http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread....I+Latency+tool
Then we can lay this topic to rest.....R.I.P.

gdeliana · 01-10-2005, 14:51 | posts: 124

Should i set all the values here to 64

01-10-2005, 16:04 | posts: n/a

yipee yee ha great tweak snipping much smoother more reactive thanks alot great site forum learned a lot cya have fun

Hilbert Hagedoorn · 01-10-2005, 16:23 | posts: 16,986 | Location: Guru3D testlab

Interesting .. anyway. Added to the download section:
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=951

rickyboy · 01-10-2005, 16:40 | posts: 486 | Location: canada

does it work with 9800 pro and why are they set so high if you lose performance thanks

01-10-2005, 16:56 | posts: n/a

works with any card

i was referred to version 1.2 of this months ago and it cleared up nfsu stuttering at the start of the race

and i'd like to correct hilbert in something

lowering the latency on a system allows the video bus more usage of the cpu
a system with 248ns on the agp bus takes 248 cycles to use

128 and even 64 cycles lowers this timing allowing the video card to run smoother, in some cases the sound stuttering is also improved as you'll find alot of games the sounds are synched with video these days to keep sounds in the right place

although i could be wrong

thats just how i always saw latency as

rickyboy · 01-10-2005, 17:00 | posts: 486 | Location: canada

can you go lower? perhaps maybe for each individual pc, would the results be more cpu cycles for the agp bus i have a 3500+ which gives me room to play with since its powerful