Hmm, time to check the overclockers/HardOCP website ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Gaffney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] AMD64 or Dual Athlon or Other? > Motherboard suggestions? > > > There is a way to turn XP's into MP's by shorting some pins > or contacts on the processor. > So you could technically have a dual MP 3000 system ;) > > Daniel Drake wrote: > > Bear in mind that you cant (or shouldnt) use > dual-athlon-XP's in a SMP > > board. You should use AMD's MP chips. Unfortunately these > don't go as > > fast as the XP chips (as in, XP's go up to 3000 and MP's go > upto 2400 or > > something), and the board support is also a limiting factor. > > > > I built 5 dual-AMD-MP systems a while ago. I used dual MP2200+'s in > > each > > one, that was the highest the motherboard (Tyan Tiger) > would support > > (and I don't think AMD had any faster ones available either). I > > installed a stage1 gentoo on one as a "hardware test" (or > something like > > that) and I was amazed at how fast it compiled. > > > > Daniel > > > > Brendan Sullivan wrote: > > > >> I'd go multi-CPU. The Athlon 64 is a good processor, but with the > >> multitude of things you have going on all at once, I would think > >> being able to handle multiple processes at once would be more what > >> you need. the 64 can still only handle one process at a time. > >> > >> I have a 2800 w/ 512Mb of ddr400, and it's a really quick > machine...a > >> dual proc 2600 or 2800 would probably be ridiculously fast > if set up > >> correctly. > >> > >> Brendan > >> > >> On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 07:56, Brenden Walker wrote: > >> > >>> I'm thinking about building a new system, and can't > decide if I want > >>> to go > >>> with AMD64 or dual Athlons.... (or something else)? > >>> > >>> Current system is an Athlon 1200+ I think, 512MB RAM, > 2gigs of swap, > >>> plenty > >>> of HD space > >>> > >>> Current Usage: > >>> > >>> > >>> Apache (hosting 3 PHPNuke sites, running behind cable modem..so > >>> bandwidth > >>> usage is pretty small, maybe 3mb/day) > >>> MySQL (Supporting websites only) > >>> IPTABLES NAT/Firewall routing > >>> Fetchmail/Procmail filtering external POP accounts through > >>> spamassassin into > >>> local POP accounts > >>> > >>> The biggest usage comes from running: > >>> > >>> -XFree86 > >>> -Evolution (personal mail) > >>> -KMail (business mail) > >>> -Citrix ICA Client (not all the time) > >>> -VMWare workstation with Win2K Pro session running a windows app > >>> that > >>> sucks > >>> up perhaps 25% virtual CPU 24x7, no chance of moving it to Linux.. > >>> > >>> -I also use this as my workstation, GNUCash, OpenOffice and the > >>> like.. > >>> > >>> I prefer keeping all these things on the same box, so I > only run one > >>> machine > >>> 24x7.. > >>> > >>> My goal is to get better response when working on it, and overall > >>> less CPU > >>> usage (percent wise). With more horsepower (and more > RAM) I could > >>> set nice > >>> on VMWare to lower priority and get better response to > other things > >>> without > >>> slowing down VMWare. > >>> I have a feeling I'm going to get swamped with suggestions ;-) > > -- > Andrew Gaffney > System Administrator > Skyline Aeronautics, LLC. > 776 North Bell Avenue > Chesterfield, MO 63005 > 636-357-1548 > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >
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