Speeding up system to maximum

which is faster;
readyboost using the fastest flash drive or readycache using the fastest ssd?
can i use an ssd for my OS and still use these cache technologies to speed up my system?

Hi,
You should not compare these two drives. Though SSD is a type of Flash drive, their interfaces differ. Flash drive with readyboost uses USB interface while SSD with readycache uses data.
Moreover, based om my knowledge, while you use SSD as system drive, you could not enable readyboost. and generally, we either use SSD as system drive or take it as cache drive if we have a SSD.
Thanks!
Andy Altmann
TechNet Community Support

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Program speeds up System time?

Hi, im writing an animation program in swing that loads and displays images in a seperate thread. there is a variable sleep time in between display times (because of a timestamp on the image).
the wierd thing is that when I output the timestamp to a string after sleeping for the appropriate time per frame, the time seems to be going faster. I thought this was just an internal bug, but when I go to http://www.time.gov/ the applet there shows the time being sped up while my program is running.
Is there a known issue with threads and sleeping that affects the system time? thanks

Huh?
"speeds up system time"? "time seems to be going faster"? Man, if you can make time go faster, let me know, because this Monday has already lasted several weeks.
Seriously, what are you saying? You tell it to sleep for 100 ms but it sleeps less? Or more?
If it's that the time is later than you expect when it wakes up, then that's no surprise, since sleep only guarantees that it will sleep at least that long (unles interrupted). It could sleep longer, depending on the vagaries of your OS's and VM's schedulers.
Or are you saying that after 10 seconds of real wall clock time have passed, your system clock has advanced 12 seconds?

How do I speed up system as I upgraded to Maverick and everything is running extremely slow-especially "pages"

How do I speed up system after upgrading to Maverick on my iMac?

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Now running stable at stock speed, outdated system needs OC advice

The system in my signature had years with random BSOD since I installed the 2nd memory stick in dual channel. Those days are gone...
Now is running well, what I did after minor research and testing both ramsticks separately (passed memtest86+ positively) was asking MSI for a beta bios, thus now having installed the V11.7B1
It just wasn't enough just to flash it. had to tweak setting on the core cell menu many times before i got it right...
Manual settings: DOT at 5%, FSB at 166MHz, 1:1 cpu/memory ratio, aggressive CPU interface, memory timings manual at 2.5-3-3-11, disabled all spread spectrums... thats all i can remember by now.
The problem is: Temperature
apparently only updating the bios to the beta 7 rised the CPU temp 10ºC... with no overclocking done.
I have right now the CPU at 44ºC idle, at night; spring, almost summer in this side of the globe.
Sure I use the Zalman panel to set almost all fans to minimal, cause I sleep with the machine on, in my bedroom... but with the bios 5 or the 3, it was cooler and i could raise the clocks to 200MHz and getting same temp than now at stock 166MHz speed.
I couldn't manage to make system 100% stable when had the official bios, that seemed cooler... even at stock speeds...
But I'm not really sure if it was the bios that fixed the random BSOD I had, or just the settings I made into corecell menu lastly.
What I wish is to rise the FSB to 200MHz, and having it stable, without setting all fans to max speed 24 hours a day nor having any temperature-related problem.
I can't risk burning out my rig, but I really need to juice it up, cause render times are taking too long, and I just cant afford a new one by now.
The cuestion is: Will the older bios 3 (known to be a good overclocker and apparently cooler), be as stable as this beta bios 7, IF i set the EXACT same configurations at the cell menu? Will I be able to overclock as i want once then? Or are this temperatures I'm reading now, not an issue to be worried about (meaning could I go and OC it right away)?

Use the bios that works. No need to change if the bios that you are now using does the job.
There was a change made in the way that the bios measures the cpu temp with the later versions but your temps are nothing to worry about even if it reads 10C higher now.
The maximum temp for your cpu is 85C.
http://fab51.com/cpu/guide/opn-xp-e.html

A Extremely Fast Read Speed File System

Other day i was playing a game and get annoyed with the long loading times between levels, then i raise a question to myself...
There is no File System optimized for Read Speed?
I did not want one "bloated" with journaling, snapshots and all those nice all use optimizations.
I just want a plain Bare, Very simple, File System that is indisputably fast at Read Speed!
It can also be processor demanding, it is not a problem for this use case...
Someone know a File System Like that?
What is the viability(and complexity) to make one?
Sorry by the bad english!

This is just a guess here but how much data do you need to load?
If it is a lot of MB not even the best filesystem in the world can speed that up, to make things worse I'm guessing that you aren't loading the data from contiguous files on the HD.
To add another variable to the way hard disks perform there is the possibility of having some data compressed and this will make it depend on how fast is your cpu.
As far as I know some compression formats although very efficient can have a very big speed penalty, also the speed and configuration of you memory subsystem can impact performance as well. Also if the data is compressed in a way that you can't use multiple cores to decompress it then it doesn't matter if you have a system with a single core cpu of one with 100 cpus.
Sometimes having as much ram as you can will be the best option, sometimes having the fastest ram possible is best.
To make things worse, newer systems seem to add another degree of complexity to this as for some loads one type of memory association is better and for other loads other type of association is better (I'm thinking of ganged / unganged configuration in the bios).
In my experience, when using ext3, if you add noatime and nodiratime to the mount option you will get a bit better performance, of course different filesystems will have different performance when reading but as far as I know no filesystem is the best of all for everything, so consider your overall experience.
Is it worth having a system that can have a speed penalty when used in everyday tasks just for the sake of having one game load the levels faster? Also how long will you be playing that particular game? Is it worth all the trouble just for one game you will stop playing in a couple of months?
On the use of SSD hard drives .... I've been more tempted to get one before but .... although read speed and access times are first class it seems there is more to this kind of drives than what meets the eye, some drives seem to behave terribly when writing under certain conditions (typically when there are multiple write requests), again the overall speed of the system, not just when using one program.
After considering all the benefits and downsides if you still really want faster load times for that game then the best way to find out the faster filesystem is to try them all and time the load times.
Happy benchmarking .

Sizing a standby system for Maximum Availability

- Having primary and secondary sites with the SAME database server configuration. The server configuration will either be a SMP system with lots of processors or a RAC consisting of a number of
4-way SMP processors.
- Data Guard shall be used for the standby "functionality". From a functional point of view, the standby can be either physical or logical.
- The application is very "update/insert intensive" (~50%).
According to the documentation I've read, the recommendation seems to be to use physical standby,
but I am a little worried about performance using
a multiprocessor system for the "Log Apply Service".
If have understood it right, the RMAN process is single-threaded and can only exist in one instance, while the
LSP process manage several processes/execution threads.
Is it therefore possible that logical standby may have greater throughput than physical standby on a SMP system, or is the "Managed Recovery" always more effective".
Will I have problems wichever solution I chose, i.e
are there other "single-threads" that are likely
to become bottlenecks.
/jan

I think in u'r case standby managed will be a secured option b'coze when ever archives get generated it will be applied there won't be a archive loss

Help with speeding up system.

OS Name   Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version   6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description    Not Available
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Name   DOCSGAMING-PC
System Manufacturer   MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
System Model   MS-7577
System Type   x64-based PC
Processor   AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250 Processor, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date   American Megatrends Inc. V1.17, 2/18/2011
SMBIOS Version   2.5
Windows Directory   C:\Windows
System Directory   C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale   United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
User Name   DocsGaming-PC\DocsGaming
Time Zone   US Mountain Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)   8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory   8.00 GB
Available Physical Memory   6.42 GB
Total Virtual Memory   16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory   14.1 GB
Page File Space   8.00 GB
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys

For that combo you have, there should be full support for AMD OverDrive and as an alternative MSI Control Center for enabling somewhat of easy overclock. Should bring you a few more FPS.
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/amd-overdrive/pages/overview.aspx
http://www.lostintechnology.com/how-to/how-to-overclock-your-cpu-using-amd-overdrive/
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/790FX-GD70.html#/?div=Utility&os=Win8%2064
For the graphic card, the Catalyst Control has one feature for overclocking it, it need be enabled by accepting one item in the menu.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/overclock-ati-video-card-ati-overdrive/
As usual, use these features with a bit of carefulness, do not overdo it as it may cause instability or damage.

I have a customer looking for a high speed vision system 500 fps. Anyone been successfull (or not) with this kind of application with NI hardware?

Stu

The digital boards can handle these high frame rates as long as the bytes/sec is within specs of the board, as Bruce mentioned. The question is still what you want to do with these images. You mentioned memory storage, how much memory will it take? The 1424 can have 80MBytes of onboard memory, so you could store it all there and then bring it to the host computer at your convienence. If you bring it directly to the host computer, keep in mind the maximum sustained bandwidth of the PCI bus is about 100 MBytes/sec and if you have 3 digital boards outputting data, this could be a limiting factor (overhead of the three boards communicating on PCI may reduce bandwidth also). Make sure you have plenty of RAM to hold all this data if you do bring it directly to t
he host computer. Graftek is very good at recommending specific cameras and Robert Eastlund with www.graftek.com (a imageing alliance member witrh NI) has done these type of applications before and could give you more specific advise.
So in summary, our boards should have no problem withg high frame rates as long as the cameras meet our specs (pixel clock of 40MHz max and the new 1424's have a 100MBytes/sec max data transfer)
Hope this helps,
Brad Buchanan
National Instruments

Speed up system exec vi

Hello Guys
I am using a System Exec VI to call and run a .exe program.
When i run the VI it uses a huge amount of CPU resources causung another running program to crash.
Is there any way i can reduce the amount of CPU resources the LabVIEW VI uses to execute .exe program?

aleksandr wrote:
Hi Ben,
I need them to work in real-time. I am not sure if it is possible to use a data file with Labview and Octave at once. I will check into it though.
Aleksandr
Software can often appear as a smooth rock wall with not a crack in sight and no passwords appear obvious (see the Mines of Moria). In which case I approach the challenge in a similar manner to see if there is a back-door I can sneak in through.
Of course here on the forums we have the same challenge facing Gandalf "Speak Freind and enter", or in our case "Ask one of my buddies and ..."
Ben
Ben Rayner
I am currently active on.. MainStream Preppers
Rayner's Ridge is under construction

How to speed up system boot time and the performance

Disclaimer
You are using this guide at your own risk. I don't take any responsibility for any problems.
Warning
Before you will do anything please backup your system.
How to do backup? Check the topic created by CherylG in the below link:
Custom 'Recovery' Options
If after performing changes which are suggested in this guide, will be a problem with the operating system then, you will have possibility to restore the system to its original state.
Recommendation
When after adjusting the system you will realize that everything is working faster and better then before, backup the system again. Why? It's always good to have an Image of well tuned system.
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01. Check the below link:
Improving System Performance without Adding Memory (Windows 8) - the HP document
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MOVED: Help with speeding up system.

This topic has been moved to AMD64 boards.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=162341.0

For that combo you have, there should be full support for AMD OverDrive and as an alternative MSI Control Center for enabling somewhat of easy overclock. Should bring you a few more FPS.
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/amd-overdrive/pages/overview.aspx
http://www.lostintechnology.com/how-to/how-to-overclock-your-cpu-using-amd-overdrive/
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/790FX-GD70.html#/?div=Utility&os=Win8%2064
For the graphic card, the Catalyst Control has one feature for overclocking it, it need be enabled by accepting one item in the menu.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/overclock-ati-video-card-ati-overdrive/
As usual, use these features with a bit of carefulness, do not overdo it as it may cause instability or damage.

How to find out maximum possible burn speed.

Hello,
How do you choose the best burn speed in Disk Burner?
I am using OS 10.1.5 and I found the Disk Burner settings in the "Disk Copy" Utility. I clicked on the preferences (of the "Disk Copy" Utility) and then set the burn speed to "maximum possible". When I burned the DVD however it gave me an error. And so I thought maybe I would choose a slower speed. However I do not know what speed it was actually using when I had selected "maximum possible".
Is there a way, when you select "maximum possible", that you can identify exactly what speed Disk Burner is using?
So I am going to guess that the maximum speed for my burner is 4x (due to the fact that it takes about 30 minutes to burn a 4 GIG DVD)
So then I chose 2 x to see if that would work.
2 x also caused the same error (error code - 7932)
Maybe I will try 1x next.
I have the feeling the error may not have been because of the speed at all and may be because of the size of the DVD I am trying to write. I have had success writing DVDs that are under 4.1 GIGs. Anything larger than 4.1 generates that error. If this is so, it is most likely because I was forced to make my startup partition for OSX 7.99 GIGS. Thats a little small for burning DVDs but I didn't have much choice because of this limit on beige G3 models and OSX.
Well back to my original question:
Is there a way, when you select "maximum possible", that you can identify exactly what speed Disk Burner is using?
Thanks

Not sure if it is different in your version of OS X, but in 10.3, you can go to Applications -> Utilities then run the Terminal application. At the prompt type in drutil info and hit return. This should give you all the info on your optical drive including who is the manufacturer and model number. With those two last bits of info, you can simply do an internet search and find info on your drive including maximum burn speed.
As to in your system, the maximum burn speed will be whatever is ranked lower, the drive speed or the media (blank speed). So if your drive is 8x and your media is rated 4x, then theoretical max speed is four times. Of course it could end up even lower if, for example, your drive does not understand the speed rating on the media you bought, it which case it would likely then default to 1x speed.
I think if you pull up, again speaking in terms of Panther here, the activity console one of the logs will tell you what speed was used. I am not at home right now, so I can not actually dig through my computer to tell you exactly where to look.
Patrick

System profile shows 333 speed after 400 logic board install

I have a Lombard 333 mHz computer. I bought a 400mHz logicboard with DVD support on e-bay. I put the board in, reset the PMU, zapped the PRAM and my system profile shows a 333 mHz machine speed. Does that mean I don't have a 400 mHz logic board, or is that machine speed in system profile refering to something else, like the daughter card?

Yeah Jpl is correct. I am about to do the opposite and install a 333 CPU on my 400 lombard. My l2 cache bit the dust so i am doing that for a cheap alternative so i still have a portable computer and am buying a 400 MGHZ g4 tower to use as my main workhorse now.

System-wide Speed Dials

Is there a way to set up speed dials system-wide in UCM 5.1? We have about 25 remote locations and we want anybody in the company to be able to use speed dials (or something similar) to dial their main number. We don't want to add them to Active Directory because there are other apps pulling from there.

Depending on configuration, your phone can support several speed-dial features:
Speed-dial Numbers
Abbreviated Dialing
Fast Dials
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Will a RAM with a 8000 speed work with one(the original)of 4700 speed?

Hey guys... I have a Compaq nx6310 that is running slow & I plan to upgrade my memory, but the "suppliers" only have units with higher speeds of 8000 as opposed to the original 4700 - will the addition of the memory of a higher speed work or will I have problems? I need to know this before I go in to purchase - thanks... =]

Hi:
I have attached the link to the quickspecs for your notebook below:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12432_na/12432_na.HTML
This is the memory you need:
Memory
Standard
256-MB, 512-MB, 1024-MB or 2048-MB 533-MHz or 667-MHz* DDR2 SDRAM; two SODIMM slots supporting dual channel memory
Maximum
Intel 945GM Express Chipset supports up to 4096-MB maximum (2048-MB 533- or 667-MHz SODIMM in slots 1 and 2)
Intel 940GML Express Chipset supports up to 2048-MB maximum (1024-MB 533- or 667-MHz SODIMM in slots 1 and 2)
Dual-channel
Maximized dual-channel performance requires SODIMMs of the same size and speed in both memory slots.
* 667-MHz memory is supported at a maximum speed of 533 MHz by the Mobile Intel 940GML Express Chipset.
NOTE: Due to the non-industry standard nature of some third-party memory modules, we recommend HP branded memory to ensure compatibility. If you mix memory speeds, the system will perform at the lower memory speed. Above 3-GB, all memory may not be available due to system resource requirements.
You could also install PC2-6400 (800 MHz) memory, but it will only run at the slower speed.
Paul

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