On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:24:06PM -0700, Mike wrote: > Some BIOS detect memory speed and size. Mine showed a mismatch in speed > 100 on one and 133 on another. Changed to both 133 and did not really > see a difference. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jason Hunt > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:08 PM > To: David S. Jackson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: testing memory speed > > > On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, David S. Jackson wrote: > > > Is there a utility to test memory speed? I looked at memtest in > > ports, but it looks like that mainly tests for faulty memory. I did a > > > websearch and found a command: dd </dev/zero >/dev/null, but that > > doesn't seem to summarize the memory speed easily for me. > > Memtest does give an indication of speed. It appears for example from my use of it that DDR ram is about 50% faster than the "ordinary" stuff...
As has been pointed out by another poster, it is not quite so cut and dried as the pure speed of your memory, bus speed etc comes into it. Anyway just get a 2nd mortgage on your house and buy some RIMM .. ho ho.. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
