i'm trying to find this tweak:

[kurt476]

hi, i been searching all over the web and could not find change DMA buffer size i think it's a registry tweak?

if some1 know's how to change the DMA Buffer Size from 16 to what i want say like 64 or something?

[suryad]

May I ask why you are increasing the size of the DMA buffer? Are you hoping to gain overall I/O performance increases?

[gdogg]

that is a cool idea

i would like to find this key, even if it does nothing

i'd still like to do it

[kurt476]

May I ask why you are increasing the size of the DMA buffer? Are you hoping to gain overall I/O performance increases?

Yes, you know why i want to change that? well it's because that the DMA suppost to be highter then 16 on the size.

[kurt476]

some1 sent me a pm that they gave me the tweak for this so here is the tweak:

SYSTEM.INI file:

[386enh]
DMABufferSize=64

you can change the valu 64 to what ever size is your DMA Buffer size.

[gdogg]

where could you find out your dma buffer size?

your welcome for the tweak, i can post again now

[kurt476]

@gdogg i'm glad you pmed me this tweak.

there has got to be a program to find out the acutal dma buffer size. i'll be looking in to them later and post 1 on a new thread.

Edited October 17, 2005 by kurt476

[eidenk]

there has got to be a program to find out the acutal dma buffer size. i'll be looking in to them later and post 1 on a new thread.

Notepad will do. Just open system.ini and look under 386enh.

[breadandbubbles]

alright, im going crazy. WHAT is DMA buffer? why would changing it help you?

[gdogg]

DMA is direct memory access, correct me if im wrong.

[kurt476]

DMA is direct memory access, correct me if im wrong.

yes you are correct that's what DMA stands for.

[gdogg]

so what do you think a higher number than 64 will do?

what would 64 stand for?

Edited October 17, 2005 by gdogg

[grafx1]

But i have Fresh UI software (tweaking program) and this option is dimmed there...do you know why? because it is 9x/ME tweak not for XP !!

see this: http://imagebag.cfsmedia.co.uk/images/67731857.jpg

Edited October 18, 2005 by grafx1

[suryad]

I have reservations about using this tweak because I have not yet read a satisfactory explanation on the benefits of increasing this. DMA as I learned from my architecture class is a hack...an x86 legacy...for device drivers. No other hardware architecture uses this. Hnece my doubts.