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From: federico@actisb.UUCP (Federico Heinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: '040 upgrade, or extra 16 MB RAM, which way to go?
Keywords: performance 68040 RAM upgrade
Message-ID: <1384@actisb.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 91 15:14:49 GMT
Organization: Actis in Berlin GmbH, W. Germany
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I've just ordered an '030 cube, and I'm looking at sensible upgrades I
can add to it. Sure I'll be going for NeXTStep 2.0 as soon as they can
really deliver it on OD, but how about hardware performance? I read
that the original cube's speed was somewhat insatisfactory, and that
the '040 is MUCH faster. I also hear that 8 MB RAM are rather a tight
budget for NeXTStep, and Unix likes paging processes in and out of
memory. Now for the real question: what will give me more bang for the
buck: upgrading to the new board, or buying extra 16 MB RAM for a
total of 24 MB? Is there anybody out there who upgraded an old cube's
memory and would care to comment on the performance improvement?
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               Federico Heinz (federico@actisb.uucp)

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               Federico Heinz (federico@actisb.uucp)