Por que OracleDataAdapter.Fill() é muito lento?

using (OracleConnection conn = new OracleConnection())
{
     OracleCommand comm = new OracleCommand();
     comm.Connection = conn;
     comm.FetchSize = comm.FetchSize * 16;
     comm.CommandText = "select * from some_table";

     try
     {
          conn.Open();
          OracleDataAdapter adap = new OracleDataAdapter(comm);
          System.Data.DataTable dt = new System.Data.DataTable();
          adap.Fill(dt);
     }
     finally
     {
          conn.Close();
     }
}

comm.FetchSize = comm.FetchSize * 16;

OracleConnection myConnection = new OracleConnection(myConnectionString);
OracleCommand myCommand = new OracleCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection);
myConnection.Open();
using (OracleDataReader reader = myCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection))
{
    // here goes the trick
    // lets get 1000 rows on each round trip
    reader.FetchSize = reader.RowSize * 1000;

    while (reader.Read())
    {
        // reads the records normally
    }
}// close and dispose stuff here