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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I believe that AMD's quad-core CPUs are truly four independent cores, where Intel's are actually two dual-cores. AMD claims their's is better.
In theory it is, in practice you need a 4 threaded app with heavy cross thread communications to realize the benefit. At the same time, Conroe is performing enough better than Phenom that it doesn't matter. They were roughly equal on a per clock basis but Phenom took a 10% hit due to a hardware bug (revision with the fix eta a few months) and Conroe will run at significantly higher clockspeeds.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop.
-- Matthew Faithfull
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It's four processors on one chip.
Hopefully, I get my hands on one soon 
"I guess it's what separates the professionals from the drag and drop, girly wirly, namby pamby, wishy washy, can't code for crap types." - Pete O'Hanlon
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Would there be a benefit as far as Visual Studio is concerned? That's the only thing I really do on the box anymore. I used to play games, but I got bored with 'em...
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I used to play games, but I got bored with 'em...
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Would there be a benefit as far as Visual Studio is concerned?
That I wonder, if VS would break up different threads, such as during compiling, and delegating them to the different cores to speed up builds. I'm guessing a faster harddrive, such as a 10K rpm might help, too. Until I get cash for a better machine, I can only wonder.
"I guess it's what separates the professionals from the drag and drop, girly wirly, namby pamby, wishy washy, can't code for crap types." - Pete O'Hanlon
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As far as I know MSBuild is already parralised (I think that's spelt correctly) so as long as the dependencies allow it then it should be able to utilitise all the cores it can on the processor.
[Maybe I've got this wrong and it's for the next version of MSBuild but I'm pretty sure it's already the case]
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Hi Ed,
Ed.Poore wrote: parralised (I think that's spelt correctly)
may I suggest parallelized as in this article[^], a single r for sure.
BTW I was surprised by spelt, very British according to my dictionary;
actually it said Americans would use spelled; however it does not know a thing about parallelization...
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Meh, it's one of the words I always have trouble with.
Luc Pattyn wrote: spelt, very British
Given where[^] I'm located at the moment and where I am from[^] it'd be a reasonable assumption to make that I'm British :p
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I see, that is after I told Google's satellite to zoom out a bit 
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Ed.Poore wrote: MSBuild is already parralised
The default value in Visual C++ 2005 is "2".
[Tools] | [Options]:
[Projects and Solutions] -> [Build and Run]:
maximum number of parallel project builds.
Maxwell Chen
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Presumably that applies to C# as well?
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Ed.Poore wrote: Presumably that applies to C# as well?
I guess so. Mine is Visual Studio 2005. The [tools] | [options] are global settings.
Maxwell Chen
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Does anybody really knows what will happen if SRAM access speeds do not match?
I have two sticks (PC133) - one marked 75 and the other 7.5 and experiencing some strange stuff - locking LCD and messed up display on LCD. I am trying to find out what is the problem. I suspected wireless mouse and USB problem but no luck. However - it runs better with just one memory bank.
And it always fails in IE !
Cheers
Vaclav
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I'm not that familiar with static memory. Your best bet is to run a memory test to determine if the failure is located in the memory module. If you do register an error, swap the modules into different slots and test again. If you return another error, there is a good chance you do have bad stick of memory. If you do not return an error on the second attempt, it is probably a bad socket, not the memory module; in which case you would need to replace the motherboard.
Another thing you want to avoid is "mix-n-match memory". Make sure that the memory installed in the system is nearly exactally the same. You said they are PC133, so make sure both are ECC or neither are ECC, make sure the brands match too - as some brands do not mix well with others. You will also want to check with your BIOS to make sure the voltage output to the modules are correct.
Lastly, if I am not mistaken, SRAM is an old(er) technology. That being the case, you may want to think about upgrading the system entirely.
-David
PS- This is completely unrelated, but try out Opera instead of IE, you might like it...
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I have been thru the swapping into different banks.
So far it runs better with just single module in bank 0.
Of course I do not notice any difference in speed.
I have not tried bank 1 to find out if it is a socket itself.
It would be very unlikely since I have similar failures in two PS's.
I do not believe in upgrading just because it is "older" technology.
When it runs it is OK for my C++ development.
Actually I prefer slower machine - it lets me take a break during compile!
Thanks for your input,
Cheers
Vaclav
PS Technically it is really SDRAM.
What puzzles me that the BIOS memory test always passes.
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ruready511 wrote: Lastly, if I am not mistaken, SRAM is an old(er) technology. That being the case, you may want to think about upgrading the system entirely.
Sram is the design used in CPU caches. It's much faster than dram but is more expensive to make and needs more space on the silicon. IIRC Sram uses several transistors to store a value, Dram charges a capacitor to do the same.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop.
-- Matthew Faithfull
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Hi,
I want to display the Ethernet MAC address and Wireless MAC address on my application.
I am able to enumerate the network adapters on my PC. But, how can I tell which MAC address belongs to which network adapter?
Thank you,
AJ
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It belongs to the adapter you are currently enumerating....
Seriously, the name for the enumerated adapters should be available somewhere. WMI, perhaps?
Haven't done this before, so I really cannot say much more.
Cheers,
Sebastian
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Dear all,
I am using ADSL connection. Am using Linksys wireless router WAG325N (i have set a password for this connection), now i need to supply connection to an upper floor, away from the wireless signal length. I want to add wireless linksys access point connected to the router, i will use WAP54G.
My concern is that i have been told that the connection throught that access point will not be password protected, in other words, that any PC within the range of the access point can get connect without the need of the password.
Is it true?
Please Advise
Best regards.
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Ok, there are a few minor issues with the setup you described. Nothing is "wrong" with it, if that is what you want; but I don't think this is the case.
The router you chose, the WAG325N, is really good. It supports 802.11b,g, and n. Now, I am assuming you want to put the wireless access point upstairs because you don't have any cable run up there. This makes sense, but I don't think you want an access point; you want a signal repeater. The access point you chose, the WAP54G, is just another router. You can daisy chain the two, but that can be troublesome to setup; and, the access point, or router (WAP54G), will have to be physcially connected to the main router (WAG325N). This defeats the purpose all-together. On top of that, if it does work out, all devices accessing the secondary network (upstairs) will only operate at 802.11b, and g speeds, and not 802.11n at all.
I think a better solution to your problem is to use a signal repeater for the upstairs level. A signal repeater will recieve a signal from your router and then re-broadcast it at a much higher decibel (dB) level. But keep in mind that most signal repeaters can only repeat ONE signal frequency. So if you get a repeater that will repeat an 802.11g signal, than the 802.11g signal will be the strongest on the upper level and therefore will only provide 802.11g speeds to those devices connected to the network on that frequency.
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thanks for help, but
I cant get a repeater and I only have the WAP54G, i wanted it to be connected phisically by a cat6 cable to the WAG325N, and to be pasword protected for any one wants to cnonect to it. could it be done this way? or it will be unprotected ?
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Yes, that will work. It looks like the WAP54G supports WiFi Protected Access (WPA), so it will offer protection. But as mentioned earlier, linking the two routers and having them both provide connectivity on the same network will be difficult.
Post your results, I'd like to hear about it.
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Hi all,
I need to install telephones 200 meters apart from the PABX. My question is, can i use ordinary multi pair telephone cable (cat 1) or do i need to use cat5e or cat6 cable.
thanks in advance for help
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Both cables have a max segment length of 100 meters. So once you get a signal booster or two on each run, you then only have to decide what type of phone system you will be utilizing. POTS (CAT-1)with signal boosters will provide voice only for each extention. Or you could go with VoIP (among others) with signal boosters; you will need to run at least CAT-5, but if your budget will allow, try to go with CAT-5e so you have the ability to operate on a stable 1000Base-T network.
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Cat5e is only for 100base-t networking. For 1000 you need cat6.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop.
-- Matthew Faithfull
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