Phil, You're the guy that mentioned the memtest the other day right? Could you tell me/us what you get for a benchmark on your RDRAM? Do you remember what you had for your SDRAM? I downloaded that app the other day when you mentioned it, and got all sorts of wildly varying results.
I'd like to know the full benchmark (L1 cache, L2, etc) Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip Stevens [mailto:pstevens@;capecod.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 1:49 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: [PEDA] Re[2]: Protel99se and win2k fun etc etc > > > > > TH> There is no direct scaling. Once you have enough memory to avoid > TH> thrashing then additional memory just avoids some disk > access with > TH> rapidly diminishing returns. > > I agree. > > I went from 256Megs to 512Megs just because I could do so > for (only) $45.00, but saw no real substantial difference. > > When I was evaluating DXP I did see a big difference between > autoroute times on my old PC, vs the new system I put > together to run DXP on. The time to route my test board > dropped from over 6.5 hours to 57 Mins (WOW!). There were a > lot of variables here (a faster CPU, DXP vs 99SE, 512Megs > vs a GIG, ect.) so it is difficult to draw any real conclusions. > > My guess though, is that my biggest gains may have come > from the RDRAM in the new system vs the SDRAM in the old > one. (I'm sure the faster CPU played some part too...) > > So, I'm thinking there _might_ be a more worthwhile payoff > in changing memory type (say SDRAM to DDR), vs the amount > of RAM in a system, assuming one is past that thrashing point. > > ---Phil > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:ForumAdministrator@;TechServInc.com * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
