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Thread ID: 24365	2002-09-09 07:21:00	Pathetic cache speed	Jen C (20)	Press F1

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78143	2002-09-09 07:21:00	Hi Guys, I went off and visited PC Pitstop to do a check on my PC and got a red flag for my hard drive :-( . The report said: cached speed 92.79 MB/s (62%) uncached speec 5.21 MB/s (126%) My PC has been behaving OK but the Morrowind game I am playing is a bit sluggish (I put this down to the high specs required which I do meet - just). Is this cached speed anything to worry about? 933 MHz P3 processor, 384 MB RAM, 19 GB HD (74% free), WinME, level 1 cache 32 KB, level 2 cache 256 KB ....... anything else you need to know? Thanks muchly in advance! Jen	Jen C (20)
78144	2002-09-09 08:23:00	Unless you have a high speed internet connection (Jetstream) I wouldnt put much faith in the test results, as lag in the connection would be far more of a factor in the program result than the drive. Of course you could keep fixing it until its broken....	godfather (25)
78145	2002-09-09 08:36:00	Thanks godfather! I'm on dial-up. <breathes sigh of relief> I have previously learnt my lesson on "keep fixing it until its broken" and try not to go there again :-)	Jen C (20)
78146	2002-09-09 08:41:00	PC 'hitStop is famous for it's completely wrong HDD performance measurement. Try something like ATTO, part of the ATTO ExpressPCI HostAdapter Utilities suite available here: www.attotech.com (put any address in the e-mail address field to download) When benchmarking select Overlapped I/O for an accurate measurement of your HDD performance. Leave the rest of the options on their defaults.	BIFF (1)
78147	2002-09-09 09:26:00	Thanks for the link BIFF. I downloaded the program but wasn't able to select Overlapped I/O as that option is not available for Win9x (I have ME). I ran it with I/O Comparison selected and then with neither and both came up squeaky clean :D (I shall sleep well tonight) Cheers Jen	Jen C (20)
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