Sandra's Performance Tune Up Wizard advises you about what hardware upgrades would be best for your system. However, you don't have to run Performance Tune up Wizard because each module also provides you with performance tips. For example, multimedia benchmarking module warned me that my on-board video's use of shared memory greatly reduces performance and that I should use a video card.

It's fun to open various modules and probe your computer system. I found most interesting module to be "Processes Information". You can start any program and find out how much memory it uses and what DLL's it uses. Sandra System analyzer, diagnostic and benchmarking modules are one tool every PC technician should definitely have in their toolkit. ---------------------------------------------------------- Resource Box: Copyright(C)2002 Bucaro TecHelp. To learn how to maintain your computer and use it more effectively to design a Web site and make money on Web visit http://bucarotechelp.com To subscribe to Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter Send a blank email to bucarotechelp-subscribe@topica.com ----------------------------------------------------------

A service provider has option to disable new V.92 features. They can set amount of time a connection can stay on hold. If you answer a call, don’t expect your Internet connection to stay on hold for more than a few minutes. A service provider may disable Quick Connect in order to throttle bandwidth back when his equipment is reaching full utilization.

The V.92 standard is associated with new V.44 compression standard. This standard increases compression ratio to 6:1 from 4:1 ratio of V.42bis standard. When uncompressed, data can be passed to your computers UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) at speeds up to 180Kbps. The standard UART has a maximum speed of only 115.2Kbps.

Should you upgrade your modem’s driver to new V.92 standard? With V.90 specification, modem technology has reached technological limit for transferring data over plain old telephone lines. The new V.92 standard only adds a few trivial features. Many service providers are not upgrading to new standard, or are disabling new features. No need to hurry to upgrade your modem’s driver. ---------------------------------------------------------- Resource Box: Copyright(C)2002 Bucaro TecHelp. To learn how to maintain your computer and use it more effectively to design a Web site and make money on Web visit http://bucarotechelp.com To subscribe to Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter Send a blank email to bucarotechelp-subscribe@topica.com ----------------------------------------------------------