From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 9 22:44:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D5437B401 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:36:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FC6F43EBE for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:36:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18Le0O-000HAL-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 06:36:32 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 3BA4FEDA for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 07:36:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 48736B6F for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 07:36:21 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 83395225CC; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 07:36:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 07:36:21 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: testing memory speed Message-ID: <20021210063621.GA73007@raggedclown.net> References: <20021209211010.L4166-100000@lethargic.dyndns.org> <001c01c2a727$3be0da30$2202ded8@data> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001c01c2a727$3be0da30$2202ded8@data> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:24:06PM -0700, Mike wrote: > Some BIOS detect memory speed and size. Mine showed a mismatch in speed > 100 on one and 133 on another. Changed to both 133 and did not really > see a difference. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Hunt > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:08 PM > To: David S. Jackson > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: testing memory speed > > > On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, David S. Jackson wrote: > > > Is there a utility to test memory speed? I looked at memtest in > > ports, but it looks like that mainly tests for faulty memory. I did a > > > websearch and found a command: dd /dev/null, but that > > doesn't seem to summarize the memory speed easily for me. > > Memtest does give an indication of speed. It appears for example from my use of it that DDR ram is about 50% faster than the "ordinary" stuff... As has been pointed out by another poster, it is not quite so cut and dried as the pure speed of your memory, bus speed etc comes into it. Anyway just get a 2nd mortgage on your house and buy some RIMM .. ho ho.. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message