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From: laurie@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60648000)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 16-bit memory, caches, and UNIX V/386
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Date: 17 Aug 89 15:08:02 GMT
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Reply-To: laurie@ucscb.UCSC.EDU Ken Chapin
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In article <9639@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) writes:
>Does anyone have a benchmark as to what 16 bit memory does to performance
>if you have a caching motherboard?  I'm quite interested since it's the
>only way I can add memory.

I was running a AST premium 386/20 with 2.6mb of 32 bit memory. I then added 
a 2mb 16 bit 100 ns memory card and when running graphics programs that 
malloc'ed HUGE data structures (1-2 mb), my box ran about 40-60 % slower. 
I was really suprised at the diff.

Ken Chapin