I've put CF hard drives in a couple machines and never had any issues with WHDLoad, and never had to mess with any MaxTransfer settings.
It depends what HD Tools you use, some set it correct like the one from OS3.9
Its the WB3.x HDToolbox that likes to set it wrong for CF cards.
Or maybe you just play small 1 disk games that are not loading large files?
Try Alien Breed 3D 2 :hat: