Re: athlon 64 + FC4 == SLOW

From: Dirk (Dirk.vanhertem/DOEDITWEG/_at_ieee.org.invalid)
Date: 08/30/05

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    Op Sun, 28 Aug 2005 06:17:27 -0700, schreef cmk128 de volgende woorden:

    > Hi
    > I am using athlon 64 3400+ (2.4GHz), i got bogomips 4784.12 in
    > /proc/cpuinfo, it is same as my P4 2.4GHz. The problem is, my amd 3400+
    >
    > run as slow as P4 2.4Ghz on fedora core 4 x86-32 version. why?
    > You may say my fedora is not 64 bits, so my amd 64bit cpu runs slow,
    >
    > but my athlon 64 runs much faster than P4 on my 32 bits windows.
    >
    >
    > thanks
    > from Peter (cmk128@hotmail.com)

    do you have dma enabled on both your hard disks?
    check it with:
    hdparm /dev/hd(a...x)

    and if needed, enable it with:
    hdparm -d1 /dev/hd(a...x)

    Dirk

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