Is prefetch really good?

[Jurij]

I found this article which claims the prefetch is not as good as it seems.
http://www.execsoft.co.uk/html/news/focus/focus7-12.htm

I'd love to know an opinion from someone who knows (surely
more than me :p) how really prefetch works.

thanks
jurij

[Nicholas]

Windows XP's Built-In Optimization
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,10913,00.asp

NTFS Preinstallation and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.asp

Benchmarking on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/benchmark.asp=20

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Nicholas

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"Jurij" > wrote in message: =20
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| I found this article which claims the prefetch is not as good as it =
seems.
| http://www.execsoft.co.uk/html/news/focus/focus7-12.htm
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| I'd love to know an opinion from someone who knows (surely
| more than me :p) how really prefetch works.
|=20
| thanks
| jurij

[Nicholas]

Windows XP's Built-In Optimization
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,10913,00.asp

NTFS Preinstallation and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.asp

Benchmarking on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/benchmark.asp=20

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Nicholas

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"Jurij" > wrote in message: =20
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| I found this article which claims the prefetch is not as good as it =
seems.
| http://www.execsoft.co.uk/html/news/focus/focus7-12.htm
|=20
| I'd love to know an opinion from someone who knows (surely
| more than me :p) how really prefetch works.
|=20
| thanks
| jurij