Why does this site load fast?

shokan · Post by **shokan** » Fri May 24, 2002 6:31 pm

I just restored to an WinXP point when I had not yet used TCP Optimizer to tweak the TCP Receive number and uncheck the Windows scaling, a la Lobo's suggestion... but the Speedguide.com site still loads fast, even at an average 40 Kb/sec rate which is 56 Kbs dialup modem on the best day it ever imagined. Why is that? Check out a forum such as Creative Cow and see what slow means. Not to put those guys down since they are so helpful. Just curious about this kind of stuff here.

master7 · Post by **master7** » Fri May 24, 2002 11:47 pm

Well SpeedGuide is on a dedicated server running this:

Supermicro 2U SuperServer 6022CB ( Dual Xeon 2.0GHz+ P4DC6+ MoBo, Intel 860 chipset):
2 Xeon 2.0GHz .13u 512KB cache 400FSB processors:

4 ea. original Samsung 512MB RAMBUS 800MHz ECC RAM (MR18R162GMN0) - 2Gb Total

Adaptec 2005S 64bit/66MHz, 48MB onboard ECC cache SCSI RAID Controller

3 ea. 36.7Gb Seagate Cheetah 6th generation 10K RPM 80pin Ultra 160 SCSI drives (ST336706LC):

All running on a VERY fast connection

Fudgemaker · Post by **Fudgemaker** » Fri May 24, 2002 11:58 pm

Master7,,, that car is nice man.. how much money you got into that thing? is it modified on the inside? or just appearance wise? looks hot man!

master7 · Post by **master7** » Sat May 25, 2002 12:07 am

Originally posted by Fudgemaker
Master7,,, that car is nice man.. how much money you got into that thing? is it modified on the inside? or just appearance wise? looks hot man!

Thanks man
I have $0 into it right now

But I've been working alot of hours lately, and gonna modify it alot.

bug · Post by **bug** » Sat May 25, 2002 5:53 am

got a link for that crazycow site?

master7 · Post by **master7** » Sat May 25, 2002 12:14 pm

Originally posted by bug
got a link for that crazycow site?

http://www.creativecow.net/

Also, those forums are CGI based, which is why it's so slow.

shokan · Post by **shokan** » Sat May 25, 2002 12:55 pm

Thanks for the rundown on this site. Don't know a whole lot about what's powerful and what's not but I know enough to tell from your list of stuff that that's pretty beefy. I'd like to know, by the way (since I am using 2 x 256 ECC DDR SDRAM on a Tyan 2460 2 x 1.2 AMD 'Palomino' CPU) if that certified stuff... the ECC... and if that DDR stuff is really making a difference for my work? I am self-teaching various 2D and 3D graphics programs, such as Amapi v6, Maxon BodyPaint 3D painting (supposedly a resource hog), Bryce 3D, Photoshop 6, etc etc. I realize that some programs do not take advantage of the dual CPUs (Photoshop & Cinema *do*, I believe), but what about my memory? Is the ECC and the Double Data Rate helping me out? And here's an interesting question: For apps that do NOT use the dual setup, are they only getting 256 mb worth of the full 512 memory?

BTW, I have a 3Dlabs card, Wildcat II 5000. I'm running XP Professional.

bug · Post by **bug** » Sat May 25, 2002 2:11 pm

the creativecow site loading speed seems fine
on my PC, hmmmm. . .

shokan · Post by **shokan** » Sat May 25, 2002 3:36 pm

The forum page I go to is

http://www.creativecow.net/rebirth/index.php?forumid=19

and it was always slower than you know what, but now that I have done the adjustments using TCP Optimizer, it seems to load fine, but not real fast.

r1wigs · Post by **r1wigs** » Wed May 29, 2002 10:30 pm

CreativeCow loads as fast as this site on my computer.

Ashdaw · Post by **Ashdaw** » Thu May 30, 2002 6:44 am

I just tried that link to Creative Cow and wow, it sure is fast. It is even faster loading than SG

Cable here in OZ too

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Fri May 31, 2002 12:29 am

That Crazycow site main page loads fast for one reason, there's very little code to the page.

<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"><meta name="generator" content="Adobe GoLive 5"><title>Creative Cow -- User-focused Forums for Dynamic Media Pros</title></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff"><div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10" width="100%" height="100%"><tr><td valign="middle" align="center" width="66%"><blockquote><div align="center"><a href="http://www.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/sele ... unications" target="_top"><img src="graphics/site_intro.jpg" width="552" height="272" border="0" alt="Welcome to CreativeCow.net"></a><p></p><p><i><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="1" color="#cc6600"><a href="http://www.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/sele ... unications" target="_top">click here to enter without loading the graphic</a></font></i></p></div></blockquote></td></tr></table></div> <p></p></body></html>

That's all there is .....1064 bytes

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Fri May 31, 2002 10:26 am

true the main pages loaded fast. but i looked around the forums and they were pretty damn quick for me. everyone else seems to say the same also. maybe he needs help with something on his comp? dunno. just talking non-sense

Lee_Nover · Post by **Lee_Nover** » Mon Jun 03, 2002 9:51 pm

"4 ea. original Samsung 512MB RAMBUS 800MHz ECC RAM (MR18R162GMN0) - 2Gb Total"

Umm, RD1066 memory is now available. Why aren't you using the latest quad pumped chipset with 533 FSB? You should really keep current with the server.

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Why does this site load fast?

Why does this site load fast?

heavy duty

actually...

Mine loads just fine