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Don
Periodically I have to refresh a couple of databases by copying a
stack of DVDs to a harddrive. One susbscription consists of 10 DVDs
and the other 6, so there is no way this can be made to run at night.
The computer to which these DVDs are being copied has the following
specs: AMD Athlon 3000, 786 ram, IDE harddrives and DVD drive, DMA
enabled on all drives, Windows XP SP2. The hard drive to which the
data is copied is NOT the one from which the programs run. It is way
more than fast enough at all times except when this data is being
copied -- at which time it becomes so painfully slow as to be almost
useless. The programs I run are all business apps none of them
cutting edge enough to be written for a dual-core processor.
Would a dual-core (my choice in processors has always been AMD) setup
make:
1. A theoretical difference but not really noticeable to the user?
2. A noticeable difference?
3. A spectacular difference?
My concern is not so much to reduce the copy time as it is to be able
to keep using the box when UPS bring a stack of DVDs.
Don
www.donsautomotive.com
stack of DVDs to a harddrive. One susbscription consists of 10 DVDs
and the other 6, so there is no way this can be made to run at night.
The computer to which these DVDs are being copied has the following
specs: AMD Athlon 3000, 786 ram, IDE harddrives and DVD drive, DMA
enabled on all drives, Windows XP SP2. The hard drive to which the
data is copied is NOT the one from which the programs run. It is way
more than fast enough at all times except when this data is being
copied -- at which time it becomes so painfully slow as to be almost
useless. The programs I run are all business apps none of them
cutting edge enough to be written for a dual-core processor.
Would a dual-core (my choice in processors has always been AMD) setup
make:
1. A theoretical difference but not really noticeable to the user?
2. A noticeable difference?
3. A spectacular difference?
My concern is not so much to reduce the copy time as it is to be able
to keep using the box when UPS bring a stack of DVDs.
Don
www.donsautomotive.com