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5.9!

Performance Index

Annoyed by the inability to see more than 3GB with Windows 7 32 bit, I decided it was time to enter the world of 64 bits on my PC. I had to flip a chipset option to allow memory remapping through the northbridge controller. Having done that, my memory performance is no longer the bottle-neck on this machine. That honor falls to the lowly hard-drive. Maybe I need an SSD.


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:smug:

(SSD is OCZ Vertex 120GB, I quite enjoy it.)

Posted by Mike Shaver on 3 August 2010 @ 8pm

Yes, you do need a SSD. It’s like night and day for performance compared to a regular HD. Completely worth the money.

Posted by Ryan Doherty on 3 August 2010 @ 11pm

tempting. But then I’d probably have to rejig the other components because the harddrive was too fast. :)

Posted by boolean on 4 August 2010 @ 12am

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