Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 16:02:32 10/07/01
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On October 07, 2001 at 16:17:06, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On October 06, 2001 at 21:34:42, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On October 06, 2001 at 19:08:19, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>
>>>On October 06, 2001 at 18:58:25, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>>>ok, palm is set to INFINITE. i do input 41.Qc2 and wait 2 minutes and than
>>>>interrupt search and give you NPS and seconds shown on my palm...
>>>
>>>54 mhz:
>>>
>>>>it has made 89932 pos , says 1465 p/s and says it computed 61.36 seconds
>>>>when in fact it was 120".
>>>
>>>same with 30 mhz:
>>>
>>>87727 says 806 p/s and says 108.75 seconds for 120"
>>>
>>>the question now: when it makes more NPS overall with 54 Mhz
>>>(2205 positions) in the same time, is the thing faster or not faster.
>>>
>>>speed index with 30 mhz is 1.19, with 54 it is 2.18.
>>>
>>>2.18/1.19 = 1.831,
>>>54/30 = 1.8
>>>
>>>!!
>>
>>
>>
>>FORGET about the NPS displayed by Chess Tiger until you set the speed to the
>>right value, with the process I have described already.
>>
>>The clock (time measurement) of the Palm is BROKEN when you overclock too much.
>>Because instead of running faster, your Palm actually runs SLOWER.
>>
>>YOU SET IT TO 54MHZ AND YOU ARE HAPPY, BUT YOUR PALM RUNS MAYBE AT 15 OR 16MHZ
>>(or whatever).
>>
>>If the clock is broken, naturally the NPS displayed is broken as well.
>>
>>That's why you need an external clock in order to find the highest frequency
>>your Palm can run at, while achieving a correct time measurement.
>>
>>Most probably your are going to find out that your m100 cannot run higher than
>>29MHz. You'll get a TigerMark of 1.0x (which is not bad, and more realistic).
>>
>> Christophe
>
>
>Christophe, what's the highest TigerMark anybody has reliably reported to you
>(for Palm Tiger)?
I think it's something like 1.5.
My m505 overclocked to 54MHz gives 1.35 but it is not the fastest.
>Also, how fast can the Visor Prism be reliably overclocked
>to?
I do not know exactly, but I remember that the Visors are the champions in term
of speed (and "overclockability").
Christophe
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