At 09:34 PM 10/29/2002 -0500, Nathan Russell wrote:
I had the memory usage set to the max allowable, because I
wanted P-1 to succeed whenever possible, even if it inconvenienced me
- I do most of my academic work via VNC into timeshares, so it isn't a
big deal if the system thrashes.
Is that the Wrong Thing (tm) to do in terms of improving Prime95's
efficiency?
Yes, thrashing reduces prime95's throughput.
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