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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Topic started by: tunedbytad on May 11, 2020, 07:23:26 PM

Title: ONE STICK ram Challenge!!! I double dog dare you!
Post by: tunedbytad on May 11, 2020, 07:23:26 PM

ONE STICK ram Challenge!!! I double dog dare you!

Here is the DARE.

STEP ONE:
Bench your system in Norton System Tools / System Info
with the ram you have in it.
Assuming that in 2020 most of us have maxed out ram.

STEP TWO:
Bench your system in Norton System Tools / System Info
with only one stick of ram

STEP THREE:
report back

Software needed found here:
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/norton-utilities-6


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I have found from extensive bench testings
the more ram modules  / chips you have the slower CPU / Video / and disk access time will be

Title: Re: ONE STICK ram Challenge!!! I double dog dare you!
Post by: IIO on May 12, 2020, 04:01:14 AM

Quote from: tunedbytad on May 11, 2020, 07:23:26 PM

the more ram modules  / chips you have the slower CPU / Video / and disk access time will be

maybe simply because the disk buffer size is a bit "too low" (i.e. lower than the best practice apple recommends, 1:32) when you have 1.0 or 1.5 gig installed.

the disk buffer maximum is 32m (32*32=1gig) and for some reason it defaults to 8m even when you have more than 256m RAM installed, the 1:32 rule is only followed by the default setting for up to 256m RAM.

while audio programs usually allow a custom cache per channel (and protools even has its custom disk access method) most other programs dont.

why data access (like video files) is also slower when the data has been loaded in the RAM is interesting. no clue why we see this. it is still better than reading from disk. :)

Title: Re: ONE STICK ram Challenge!!! I double dog dare you!
Post by: teroyk on May 12, 2020, 02:49:51 PM

Quote from: tunedbytad on May 11, 2020, 07:23:26 PM

I have found from extensive bench testings
the more ram modules  / chips you have the slower CPU / Video / and disk access time will be

Or testing software is not so good.