Rearranging the stats so far by processor and memory: AMD 1.4 ghz 1 gb win 2000 pro 234 sec AMD 1.4 ghz 1 GB Ram win 2000 pro 305 sec AMD 1.4Ghz 1GB RAM, Win2K 355 seconds AMD 1.67 Ghz 256 Mb RAM WinXP home 600 sec AMD-XP 1.8 GHz 512 Mb RAM Win2K-Pro 308 sec AMD 2.4Ghz 768Mb RAM WinXPhome 264 sec Athlon XP 2.4ghz 1gb RAM Win XP Home 242 secs AMD XP2800+ 1 GB RAM Windows 2000 Pro 192 sec [??] P4 1.4 - 1GB RDRAM - WinXP 396 seconds P4 2.20G 256 RAM WinXPHome 620 seconds P4 2.4 GHz. 1GB Ram Win XP Pro 250 Sec P4 2.4 Ghz 1 GHz Ram Win XP Home 236 Seconds p4 2.4 gh, 1.5 gb ram win xp home 258 seconds P4 2.53 Ghz 1 GB RAM win xp home 237sec P4 2.8ghz -512mb ram -WinXPhome -253 secs P4 2.8Ghz 1.5 Gb RAM XP Home 218 seconds P4 NB 3.06 GHz 1 GB RAM Windows 2000 Pro 211 sec P4 3Ghz 2GB RAM WinXP Pro 199 Seconds P4 2.8Ghz (3.09) - 1GB Ram Win2K 209 Sec. P Xeon 2x2.66GHz 2GB Ram WinXP Pro - 209 seconds Take a look at the P2.4 Ghz stats. Looks like there are some other contributing factors besides memory and processor speed. Interesting and very timely Jim. It will help me decide what P4 processor to buy. :)