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- From: rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller, Linux Device Registrar)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Kernel build benchmark
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 18:43:02 GMT
- Organization: Just me.
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- Message-ID: <1h7njmINNqga@uwm.edu>
- References: <725046488snx@weasel.demon.co.uk> <1992Dec22.143145.24737@infodev.cam.ac.uk> <1992Dec22.170410.12884@cli.di.unipi.it>
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- [...]
- >I think differences in processor speed become relevant only if you have
- >sufficient memory. I mean, for a 2M machine you'll see few difference from
- >a 486 and 386sx, but for a 8M machine... (I'm guessing it, I have tried
- >Linux only on my own box).
- >
- > Romano.
-
- This seems to be true... Here's what I've seen:
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- 386SX/20 (no 387) w/ 2Mb RAM 16 hours
- 386DX/25 (no 387) w/ 4Mb RAM 45 minutes
- 486DX/33 w/ 8Mb RAM 12 minutes
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- In each case there is only 5Mb of swap (I really haven't needed more).
- The hard drives on all three machines have similar access times.
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- The main influence on performance seems to be the amount of RAM.
- This makes sense, since access time is a *LOT* shorter for RAM than disk.
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- So... what's the going rate for RAM? I'm game to upgrade my home box
- to as much as I can afford! (...which isn't really saying a lot.)
- My motherboard's RAM slots are half taken with the 4Mb it already has...
- does this mean I can't put more than 8Mb on it? How would I go about
- putting more than 8Mb of RAM on such a box?
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- Rick Miller <rick@ee.uwm.edu> | <rick@discus.mil.wi.us> Ricxjo Muelisto
- Occupation: Husband, Father, WEPCo. WAN Mgr., Discus Sys0p, and Linux fan
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