on 10/28/00 2:45 PM, tedd@... at tedd@... wrote:

> So, I tried it. With my extensions off,  the processing time was 53.87
> ticks (0.897 seconds) instead of 37.68 ticks (0.628 seconds) -- that's only
> 70% as fast as it was. Having the extensions off slowed it down. I think
> that the people who made the card also wrote an extension which helps the
> card out. Without the extension, it don't run as fast -- reminds me of
> speed doubler.

tedd,

Actually, the extension enables your L2 backside cache, which makes a hell
of a lot of difference.

A Newer upgrade (without the extension loaded), all you have available is
the L1 cache, probably a measly 64K on the CPU.

With a Newer upgrade, you now MUST ALWAYS have the MAXpower Exension loaded,
or you'll have lousy performance.

Makes it worth it though, as these upgrades make your machine into a speed
demon worthy of FB^3.

-- 
Scott Spencer
SJ3
sj3@...