Enable fastwrite or not?

[snidy]

Would it increase performance if I enable fastwrite in bios?

 

[Speedy3D!]

yes

 

[Stevem627]

VERY little performance difference...you'll only like it if you are a benchmark freak. It can, however, cause a great amount of instability in your system. Turn it on, try it out, turn it off if it causes problems.

 

[Rand]

Personally I always disable it. The performance gain is extremely minimal, generally only about 0-1%.... and it quite often severely compromises stability and sometime potential overclockability as well.

 

[BFG10K]

Leave it off until you get a 100% stable system. After you can experiment with it but I doubt you'll see any faster results by enabling it.

 

[dakata24]

<< VERY little performance difference...you'll only like it if you are a benchmark freak. It can, however, cause a great amount of instability in your system. Turn it on, try it out, turn it off if it causes problems. >>



i thought sidebanding enabled was the thing that caused alot of instability... not the fastwrites. ?

 

[Rand]

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<< VERY little performance difference...you'll only like it if you are a benchmark freak. It can, however, cause a great amount of instability in your system. Turn it on, try it out, turn it off if it causes problems. >>



i thought sidebanding enabled was the thing that caused alot of instability... not the fastwrites. ? >>



Both of them often cause instability, though it's more frequently attributed to FW.