Intel P4-M chip and The Intel® Application Accelerator

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FrankK-F · #1 Post by **FrankK-F** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:32 pm

Mindful of many posts NOT to stray from IBM drivers .. I have come upon an INTEL driver that promises better performance:

"The Intel® Application Accelerator enables faster delivery of data from the hard drive to the processor and other system level hardware".

Is this a familiar item to anyone?

I have a couple of A31p models .. and wonder if this driver might be beneficial to my systems' performance. Or is it trouble?

Frank K-F
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A31p - 2GHz - 2GB - 72K60

dfumento · #2 Post by **dfumento** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:52 pm

I have used it for my A31p and it doesn't cause me any problems. Just be certain you get the right version for your chip set. I know it is *NOT* the most recent version.

FrankK-F · #3 Post by **FrankK-F** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:01 am

Thanks for your comment. Does this driver improve your system's performance? Is the improvement measurable?

Frank K-F

dfumento · #4 Post by **dfumento** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:09 am

I installed it along time ago and I can't really remember but the folks at extremetech.com seem to like it.

friedrich-eugen · #5 Post by **friedrich-eugen** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:48 am

Hello,

I did have some annoying experience:
I 'ld join dfumento in his comment not (!) to use the latest version. And I 'ld add not (!) to use it with Windows XP, as XP incorporates adequate drivers. Using it under XP does produce blue screens...

Happy trails

FrankK-F · #6 Post by **FrankK-F** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:45 pm

Friedrich-Eugen,

thanks for the report on your experience. It makes sense to me. I haven't installed it .. and will flush the files I downloaded.

Now if I can only discover why my Norton Ghost 2002 does not complete I sleep a few more hours tonight. I worked flawlessly until after I upgraded my Norton AntiVirus to 2005.

Frank K-F

friedrich-eugen · #7 Post by **friedrich-eugen** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:11 am

Hello,

Frank,

I doubt that these two will cooperate smoothly ... These Versions rely on different versions of shared drivers, I suppose. If so, You 'll not live up to see them harmonize... Update Ghost (or uninstall and use a different software (driveImage, Acronis))

Sorry,

slagmi · #8 Post by **slagmi** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:19 am

IMO the only way to get any potential benefit from the intel inf would be to clean install and load it before you load any device drivers.

Whether you would be better off then, I'm not sure. If you try it be sure to let us know!

FrankK-F · #9 Post by **FrankK-F** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:37 pm

Slagmi,

I don't have a spare HDD to follow your advice .. curious as I might be.

Seems to me that if this driver delivered a real bump in performance -- this would have been a hot topic on this list.

Frank K-F

Intel P4-M chip and The Intel® Application Accelerator

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