From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 11 10:03:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA00948 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:03:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from tccn.cs.kun.nl (tccn.cs.kun.nl [131.174.32.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA00928 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:03:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dutchman@tccn.cs.kun.nl) Received: from LikeEver (kees.sci.kun.nl [131.174.10.40]) by tccn.cs.kun.nl (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA10630 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 18:18:13 GMT Message-ID: <34902AB7.41C67EA6@tccn.cs.kun.nl> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 18:02:31 +0000 From: Kees Jan Koster X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: SIMMs and DIMMs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dear FreeBSD Hardware (sounds a bit silly, don't you think?), I recently replaced my Expertboard 8661 (VX chipset) with a shiny new Abit PX5 (TX chipset). I've always been told that TX chipset boards were supposed to be faster than VX chipset boards, hence the difference in price. However, I could not measure any difference in speed at all. I used bonnie and build the generic kernel and used two cpu benchmarks. Of course, I replaced none of the other hardware (133 MHZ intel pentium cpu, 60ns SIMMs and SCSI/VGA controller boards). So, could someone explain to me what it is that I did wrong here? Anyway, I wasn't done yet. My next step was to replace my 60ns SIMMs with a 10ns DIMM. I was told that this would make a difference too. However, again I was told wrong. I could not measure any speed difference. Ok, so I'm a sucker for sales stories. What am I doing wrong? Enjoy, Kees Jan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kees Jan Koster Hatertseweg 468 6533 GV Nijmegen the Netherlands tel. +31-24-3555870 e-mail: dutchman@tccn.cs.kun.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------------