Author: Shep
Date: 09:01:07 03/03/00
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On March 03, 2000 at 10:26:21, G. R. Morton wrote: >I have a new (Quantex) 550MhZ Pentium III computer, 96 Meg. RAM, Win98 2ond >edition. On a comparative timing test of this machine against an old 2nd hand >166MHZ, amdK6-2 , 34MegRAM, Win95 machine on a position (using Junior6a), I >found that the new computer was barely 3 times faster. I had expected >significantly better speed (say 4X) and I had no other programs running (except >for a few icons showing up on the system tray like the anti-virus). Was I wrong >to expect faster than 3X ? I have only a basic built in Intel 2D/3D video card >which should not make a difference (?). Does anyone have a position test and a >result I should expect? Know of some free benchmark download locations? Any >comments to edify me would be most appreciated. Thanks. One important thing about Win98 is that you should disable all the fancy Explorer settings (like Active Desktop etc.). I would even go so far as to recommend uninstalling it completely (see for example http://www.win98lite.net). (If you're 100% after speed, you can even uninstall Win98 and install Win95. Or get NT.) Having all the Explorer stuff active can cost you as much as 25% speed. In fact, I was disappointed myself when I got my first PIII-550, but after removing Explorer, it was more than 3 times as fast as my old P6-233. 4 times is about what you can expect, correct. --- Shep
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