Questions tagged [speed]
Questions about optimizing your computer to take up less boot time, application launch time, download time, etc.
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What does PCI (not PCI-E) bus speed of 66MHz really mean?
According to this article , the bus is the circuit that connects the motherboard . The faster the speed of the bus , the quicker data can be transferred . Bus speed is measured in MHz (Mega Hertz) and ...
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Number of Processors and Computer Speed relation?
Does changing the number of processors under Boot Advanced Options affect computer speed?
I have Dell XPS 15z Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) OS with 4GB RAM, intel i5 processor @2.5 Ghz and 1GB ...
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How to slowdown my internet connection to simulate 3G, WIFI, etc?
I wonder how can I slowdown my internet connection to test my application (not web application)?
If I were at the browser I would use this, but that is not the case. I want to test cocoa/cocoa-touch ...
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Will more RAM speed up my computer if I already have some free at all times?
Oftentimes when I'm running a virtual machine, my computer feels as slow as molasses. I'd like to speed it up by adding more RAM but even when my VM is running, I seem to always have half a gigabyte ...
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PHP File access very slow in windows
I recently noticed, that my development server set up on Windows 10 is slow as hell.
I did some debugging/profiling (Prestashop 1.6) with xdebug and culprint was file_exists. Script load time was ~43s ...
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Software, which will make a sound when an application becomes responsive again
I am using several application, which are really slow. They will stay unresponsive for between 1 second and up to five minutes and I do not have any good way of predicting their response times. This ...
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Effects of extending RJ11 cable length to modem
I have a VDSL home network that consists of a tp-link modem-router (Archer VR400), connected to a splitter (filter) by a 1 meter RJ11 cable.
My current speed by Ethernet connection is 90-95/100 Mbps, ...
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Why am I not getting anywhere near 7Mbps download speeds?
Why am I not getting anywhere near 7Mbps download speeds? I'm paying for 7Mbps download speeds and yet the fastest I can get anything is around 360Kbps. It doesn't matter what time of day it is or who ...
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How different is downloading a file from accessing a webpage?
I ask because here I have download speeds which are like 1MBps while the web pages take a very long time to load (definitely not 1 MBps).
I guess accessing a webpage is basically requesting it from a ...
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When caps lock is pressed, space bar returns underscore
Basically, what I'm looking for is: when CapsLock is on I want Space to return _ and I want Shift + Space to return .
Detail: This is kind of a continuation of this question I asked about the ...
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router with mixed-mode enabled - does it really cripple speeds for all?
If I have a router that has "mixed mode" enabled to allow b, g, and n devices, it is true that n devices will suffer in reduced bandwidth if there are any non-n devices connected?
I found one article ...
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Why do dial-up downloads speed up at first?
I've noticed that with dial-up downloads, the download speed at can be several times faster. But I though the fastest dial-up can ever throughput is 53 K. But I've definitely seen speeds over that at ...
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High speed, but longer ping times?
Running an internet speed test on my mobile phone indicates that I get a much faster download speed than my ISP broadband connection (yes, that's how bad my "broadband" is). However the ping is far ...
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Upload speed needed to Skype in 720p
I want to buy an HD web camera to Skype with family and friends. My current laptop cam is terrible, but I want to make sure that before I buy a new cam my connection can handle it.
So - what is the ...
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Is it a good idea to tweak the hosts file to speed up internet browsing?
Yesterday I came across a Firefox extension called Speed DNS which claims to speed up browsing by performing DNS lookups in advance. According to the author, it "does DNS pre-resolution of all the ...
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Is there a way to watch videos (for example on YouTube) faster?
Is there a way to watch videos (for example on YouTube) faster?
I mean faster rate. I don't have problems with buffering etc., but I need to speed up videos :)
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SATA III SSD drive on IDE controller - Runs in UDMA 6 is OK but slow transfers 80MB/s - expect 133MB/s
I have bought a OCZ Agility 3 SSD drive to build into my ASUS laptop. Because the drive is a SATA (III) drive and the laptop has only IDE connectors, I use a Fevi/Apple second drive caddy to put it ...
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PCI max throughput
Hypothetical here, but I want to understand.
Say I have a hand me down machine, 4 PCI slots, 64-bit 33 MHz PCI.
How much data can that PCI bus handle? System bus is 133 MHz.
I want to use one ...
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Realtek NIC running at 100Mb/s rather than 1000Mb/s
My Realtek NIC in my Windows Home Server (essentially w2k3) box refuses to run at 1000Mb/s even if I change the driver settings from Auto Negotion to 1000Mb/s full duplex. I've installed the latest ...
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Increase Firefox Speed?
Found a way to really speed up Firefox - I've implemented it and noticed serious speed improvements. Can anyone comment ?
Type in the Firefox address about:config
Accept the Warning notification and ...
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Shopping for Fast USB Flash Drives [closed]
I would like to pick up some really fast USB flash drives in the 16 - 64 GB range. When looking at drives they just list their size, their form factor (key chain hook, slider, etc.) and the fact that ...
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How to increase mouse cursor speed in Ubuntu? (Gnome)
How do I increase the mouse speed in Ubuntu Linux? Running Gnome 2.30.0. I've already maxed out Pointer Speed Sensitivity in the Mouse Preferences control panel. I am not interested in increasing the ...
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Is there a way to track internet connection speed?
Is there a utility program for tracking internet connection speeds?
The program would test internet upload and download speeds periodically (e.g. once every hour) and record the results.
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DDR3 1333Mhz Ram PC3-10600 vs PC3-10660 performance difference [closed]
I've looked around and I'm unable to find a any real idea of how much performance difference that there is. The timings are the same as the RAM that is in my laptop but I wanted to expand it to 16GB ...
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WiFi powerline extender loses speed when I connect to WiFi
This is my home network:
A modem router WiFI
A TP-LINK PLC to go upstairs
A laptop
Laptop connected to BOSS
When my laptop is connected directly via WiFi to the main modem-router (SSID BOSS), the ...
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Count lines fast
I'm running Windows 7 and have GnuWin32. I have a several-gigabyte text file with LF (\n) line endings. I want to know how many lines it has (or alternatively how many LFs it has, which is, let's say, ...
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What speed are Wi-Fi management and control frames sent at?
There are a bunch of different 802.11 Wi-Fi standards, e.g. 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n etc. that all support different speeds. Wi-Fi frames are generally categorised as one of the following:
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Standby-like feature - for individual applications in Windows?
Is it possible to temporarily freeze (pause, block) an application in Windows - so that it doesn't use processor at all and sit in the memory only - and unfreeze it later when you need it?
I am ...
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How do I quickly generate low quality animated GIFs with ffmpeg?
We generate a lot of thumbnail GIFs whose quality does not matter nearly as much as the time it takes to generate them. Generating high quality GIFs with ffmpeg is very well covered, but I'm not ...
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Speed up audio books
I listen to large numbers of audio books, and I usually speed them up between 2-3 times. Previously I've done this with Adobe Audition - which does a really crisp job of this. However purchasing a ...
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How to see if turbo boost is working on I7 860 CPU?
I just build myself a new system with a Intel I7 860 CPU. When loading it using a single threaded application like Super PI, CPU-Z shows 2.933Ghz as speed. Now I understood that the I7 goes into turbo ...
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Can't control case fan speeds
I a new case fan that is plugged directly in to the Mobo in "System Fan 2". I want to be able to control the RPMs of the fan. I have enabled system fan control in the bios. I am using SpeedFan. I am ...
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Does an INTERNAL USB hub affect performance?
I searched a little bit on the subject, but I couldn't find any clear answers, so I'm asking this question: Will the performance of a USB hub connected directly to the motherboard be shared between ...
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Connection slow but speed fast when connected
I am experiencing an interesting type of slow connection buildup and would like to ask people more up to the topic on any ideas what could cause this and how to troubleshoot it. (On my background, I ...
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(Linux - Ubuntu 13.04) Incredible slow SSD with small files
Ever since I got my SSD (Crucial M4 - 256gb) I've had an issue that it would write as slow as running Windows 7 on a 486 whenever it's doing something with small files. I managed to "fix" ...
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How do I test the speed of file transfers on my LAN?
I have a Macbook Pro (wirelessly connected to the Internet) and a G5 tower (connected via ethernet). The MBP wirelessly backs up to an external drive on the G5 tower. I would like to know how fast the ...
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uTorrent slow upload speed with eSata
I noticed that my torrents won't seed at all if I connect my external HDD with a eSATA connection. I switched it back to USB and it's working perfectly fine now. With eSATA it does upload but at a ...
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What does that 2 Mbit/s exactly mean for an ADSL?
Recently I came to talk with a network guy about ADSL. He said that an ADSL of 2 Mbit/s means 2 Mbit/s from my modem to the ISP, not 2 Mbit/s from the modem to the internet. That means the speed of ...
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Test wireless speed?
Is there an utility that can test the speed between my pc and the wireless access point i am connected to?
To clarify why i need to know this. My isp is providing me with a speed of 20mbs. Now if my ...
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how to make the execution of a Matlab program faster?
Are there any techniques to make MATLAB code execute faster?
I am talking about things that can make my PC faster (like stop some .exe or software to improve PC performance). I noticed that ...
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How do multiple hard drives speed up PC performance?
In an answer to my question on hardware specs for a new computer the author wrote:
A single HDD is not going to give you
fast IO performance.
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What are solid state drives? Are they faster than mechanical drives?
Mainly concerned if they are faster
IS THIS faster:
640GB SATA II 3Gb/s 7200 RPM Hard Drive (8MB Cache Buffer)
Or this:
80GB Intel® X25-M SATA Solid-State Drive
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Why is moving files from one harddrive to another so slow?
I use Windows Vista 64-bit and I have 6GB of RAM. Today I installed a new harddrive, and started with moving 465GB of data from my old harddrive to the new one. This process is very slow, the speed is ...
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Recommended free space for SSD-drives: Leave it completely unformatted or just unfilled with data?
Several topics in this board point out the recommendation about leaving 10 % - 25 % of free space when using SSD-drives.
The central question now is:
Does this 25 % recommendation refer to a ...
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How to Check the Internet Connection Speed in Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Quick way to check my broadband speed.
I had internet connection in my home. Its connected by wire with modem(LAN Connection). Now i want to check the internet speed in my ...
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USB 3.0 vs USB 2.0 for external Hard disks drives
I considered buying this HD USB 3.0.
If the writing/reading speed of a HDD is, about, a hundred megabytes per second, it is worth it spending 15€ more for the transfer speed? Isn't it limited by the ...
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IP address loads faster than domain name
I just signed up for a cloud server in Singapore. I myself am in Indonesia. I've got the domain name setup and everything. When I ping my IP address versus ping my domain name, the results are about ...
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Improve internet at an apartment
My situation is that I am a college student living in an apartment complex using AT&T internet (included). Since everyone in the complex is on the same line, even if I am connected to the ...
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Two 2TB drives, why is dd is almost 8 times faster erasing one?
I have two 2TB drives:
/dev/sde WCD WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 Firmware revision 80.00A80 (new consumer-grade WD Green series)
/dev/sdf WCD WD2002FYPS-01U1B1 Firmware revision 04.05G05 (old pro-grade server ...
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