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Posted 7/17/2003 2:10 PM
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I am looking for some sort of % incrase in speed that occurs when you adjust your machine for best performance.  I was just wondering if anyone has done any benchmarks....I need some sort of numerical answer.  I hope someone out there can help me with this, it is obvious to the eye that there is  a speed increase, but I need info to back me up.


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The things you migh wan't to change depend for a great deal on the use of your machine.


Is it going to be a gaming platform, workstation or server?


 



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it is for workstations....pretty much running web base clients....most of the day the majority of the users have outlook open, somewhere between 4-6 IE windows, and maybe even sort sort of oracle based program....Lot of stuff for DB lookups....Any help would be appreciated.



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Anyone?

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Right click on my computer - select properties - click the advanced tab - under performance select settings - select adjust for best performance.  You can also select custom and select the items you would like.  I have found this to speed things up considerably.

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OMG, Sorry, but this is getting really fustrating.  I know I need proof.  I need to see benchmark results, something that shows a percentage of incrase.  A comparison, I am just wondering is anyone has done this, or is they can reccomend a bench mark program for me to get to do it myself.

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To compare the speed of a machine set for "best performance" against a machine set to "let windows decide what is best."  Any help would be appreciated.

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Are you wanting clock speeds and things of that sort before and after the change?

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