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- From: tsang@cs.washington.edu (Donald Tsang)
- Subject: Re: Accelerator Performance
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.223117.24199@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
- References: <1992Sep13.165019.6149@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Sep13.180602.20643@news.iastate.edu> <-xxnwy-.payner@netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 22:31:17 GMT
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- In article <> payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
- >In article <> irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) writes:
- >>>[does faster cache ram magically makes the zip run faster]
- >>[no, only clock crystal speed]
- >>[racing fuel in regular car analogy]
- >Are not racing fuels higher octane than normal fuel? I suspect that a
- >normal car might go a little faster with racing fuel, while risking engine
- >damage.
- >
- >Just pointing out that this may not be the best anology.
-
- Actually, it's pretty darned close. If the octane level of your gas
- is too high, your car will run rich. Adjusting the, ahem, TIMING will
- fix this, and possibly boost your power by a bit.
-
- Regardless, the answer was correct. You need a faster clock crystal,
- and processor, cache RAM, and support chips fast enough to accomodate
- that faster crystal.
-
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