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Article #5952Re: More Ram = Faster machine
From: Erik van Linstee
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 11:28
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 11:28
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csg021@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Micky J.) writes: >I recently upgraded my 25Mhz 386 from 2MB to 4MB, using 3-chip SIMMS >(it now has four 3-chip SIMMS). >Why, according to two seperate programs, has my machine slightly increased >in speed? One used to say my machine was 22Mhz, now it says it's 30Mhz >(a program simply called 'speed'). Another only says a slight increase >in speed, about 1Mhz. You now have four banks filled, which enables the memory controler to do page interleaving, allowing faster access to consecutive addresses. -- Erik van Linstee | Delft University of Technology | I'll be back ... ---- We are god, 'cause only we can create the idea of his existence in our holy brains... (Yello)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!sun4nl!dutrun!donau!dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl!linstee From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) Subject: Re: More Ram = Faster machine Message-ID: <1992Nov05.112840.12381@donau.et.tudelft.nl> Sender: news@donau.et.tudelft.nl (UseNet News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering References: <Bx6qC1.9xI@cck.coventry.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 11:28:40 GMT Lines: 20