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Subject: Re: 64 MB ECC or 128 MB non ECC ?
From: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)

 * One thing to consider is that you'll suffer a 10-15% speed penalty with ECC
 * RAM. (number from some -hardware mails in the past).

To clarify: 10-15% penalty on maximum memory bandwidth.  (E.g., 70MB/s
vs. 64MB/s on TritonII with 66MHz bus and P5-133.)

This is NOT the same as application speed penalty, which obviously
varies depending on how memory-intensive it is.

Satoshi