VIA Chipsets slow down PCI cards

Test Setup

Motherboard 1

Tyan Trinity ATX S1598

Processor

Super Socket 7

Chipset

VIA MVP3

BIOS

V1.04a 052199

Motherboard 2

Elitegroup K7VZA Rev. 3.0

Processor

Socket A

Chipset

VIA KT133A

BIOS

3.3b 09/20/01

Motherboard 3

Shuttle AV45GTR

Processor

Socket 478

Chipset

VIA P4X266A & VT8233A

BIOS

v6.00PG 11/06/01

Motherboard 4

VIA P4XB

Processor

Socket 478

Chipset

VIA P4X266A & VT8233

BIOS

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Motherboard 5

MSI 845 Pro2

Processor

Socket 478

Chipset

Intel i845

BIOS

---

Motherboard 6

Siemens D1127

Processor

Slot 1

Chipset

Intel i820

BIOS

v4.06 Rev. 1.05.1127 05/25/00

Motherboard 7

Processor

Chipset

ALi Alladin Pro5

BIOS

Motherboard 8

MSI 645 Ultra

Processor

Socket 478

Chipset

SiS 645

BIOS

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Motherboard 9

Asus A7M266-D

Processor

Dual Socket A

Chipset

AMD-760 MPX

BIOS

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Harddisk 1

Maxtor DiamondMax D540X Model 4G120J6

Capacity

120 GByte

Interface

Ultra-ATA/133

Harddisk 2

Maxtor DiamondMax D540X Model 4G160J8

Capacity

160 GByte

Interface

Ultra-ATA/133

Harddisk 3

Maxtor DiamondMax D740X Model 6L40J2

Capacity

40 GByte

Interface

Ultra-ATA/133

Harddisk 4

Maxtor DiamondMax D740X Model 6L80J4

Capacity

80 GByte

Interface

Ultra-ATA/133

Harddisk 5

IBM Deskstar 60GXP Model IC35L040AVER07-0

Capacity

40 GByte

Interface

Ultra-ATA/100

Harddisk 6

Fujitsu MAM3184MP

Capacity

18,4 GByte

Interface

Ultra160-SCSI

PCI-Controller 1

HighPoint RocketRAID 133

Interface

Ultra-ATA/133

Firmware

v2.1

PCI-Controller 2

Promise Ultra133 TX2

Interface

Ultra-ATA/133

Firmware

v2.20.0050.10

PCI-Controller 3

ACARD AEC-6280

Interface

Ultra-ATA/133

Firmware

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PCI-Controller 4

Promise Ultra100

Interface

Ultra-ATA/100

Firmware

v2.00 (Build 12)

PCI-Controller 5

Adaptec SCSI-RAID 2100S

Interface

Ultra160 SCSI

Firmware

v001.35