Memory problem

[Petros]

Ok, so I have Sandra 99 and when I run a memory benchmark, it comes up 53/52 for cpu/fpu respectively. I cannot figure out why this is!!! My system is better than a couple of the reference systems that are listed and yet it benches so much lower! What is the problem?

System:
300 mHz K-6 2
64 MB PC-100
4 MB S3 Vid card
mboard has via chipset (I don't know the manufacturer)
6.4 GB HDD

Any help would be MUCH appreciated /forum/smile.gif

[dawgtuff]

Sounds like you have a weak vid card.I had a AGP 4mb card on my PII-266 and upgraded to a CL TNT 16mb AGP...What a difference! Also,Sandra may not reference well to a VIA chipset.I'm not sure on that though.You may want increase your RAM to 128,seems that's the standard now especially if your running Win98......DawgTuff.

[BFlurie]

My system shows about the same on Sandra -- AMD K6-2 @366mhz, 128 mb sdram, but only a 66mhz buss. The memory benchmark is lower than any of the others (66 - 72), but the CPU, multimedia, and IDE drive benches are as high or higher than the 400mhz examples. Buss speed is the biggest factor, I'd think. Don't let a benchmark bother you -- if your system is reliable and reasonably crisp you can't do much better.

Ben