Overclocked for Netbeans 5.5

With a processor clock of 1.70GHz and a pair of 256MB DDR PC3200 (200MHz), Netbeans 5.5 will never be an IDE of your choice especially if productivity concerns you. It runs on top of the Java Virtual Machine using the Swing Tool Kit which is a bit heavier compared to what Eclipse is using.

Since I prefer using Netbeans 5.5, a desperate move would be maximizing the use of the CPU’s core speed.

Here’s a validation from CPU-Z:

CPU : Intel Pentium 4 (*1)
CPU Arch : 1 Cores - 1 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2
CPU Cache : L1 : 12/8 KB - L2 : 256 KB
Core : Willamette (0.180) / Revision : D0
CPUID : F.1.2 / Extended : F.1
Freq : 1953.28 MHz (114.9 * 17)

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My CPU runs at 1.9GHz now. I just increased its Front-Side Bus clock to 114MHz and there’s a big impact on Netbeans’ performance.

P.S.: Thanks to Betelgeuse for the correction