Explaining prefix performance issues.

See: https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/2153
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@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Performance Notes:

 - Always Use the latest display driver
 - To significantly improve performance use -w 3
+- Cracking with a mask with a fixed prefix can be slow.
+  Consider instead using a mode with salt as a prefix and set salt to that fixed prefix.

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