What a difference RAM makes. I didn't find my specific configuration on the benchmarks page, so I am sending in this.
CURRENTLY on the benchmarks page: Athlon XP1800+, 1533 Mhz, 133 DDR, L2=256-Full, 15-17M timing: 0.091 sec I have a virtually identical machine, except it is using mere 133 Mhz SDRAM. I'm CERTAIN the CPU bus speed is correct, and that the L2 is fully enabled, yet for an exponent smack in the middle (in the 16 millions) I'm getting only 0.116 sec out of it, on a barren (i.e fresh install, no other apps/services running) W2K machine (v22.7 beta). That's a TWENTY TWO PERCENT performance hit, just for not using DDR! A word to the performance wonks out there -- use the BEST RAM that your motherboard can take advantage of. One of these days I'll drop some DDR in there (sad to say, I don't have any spare right now), and see if it truly does drop down to 0.091 or thereabouts. _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
