On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:24:28 -0500, Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Twin 1 Ghz processors does not a 2 GHz system make. It's still a > 1GHz system. Same speed, just more lanes on the highway. If they're > open to traffic (software). Anything above 600 Mhz, single > processor is good for compiling kernels, specially 'make modules'. > That's about it. BTW, with the lastest kernels a few weeks ago, > my 1.4 Athlon, oc'd to 1.5Ghz, plain old sdram, would take a stock > Mdk config an 'make modules' in 40+ minutes. Now with an XP 3000+ > oc'd to 2.3Ghz, DDR 400 sdram @ DDR 427, it doesn't even take 20 > minutes. If it was dual cpu, it'd most likely still take close to > 20 minutes. It surely wouldn't get done in 10.
I've seen people with SMP desktops boast about how one processor could be applying a filter in the GIMP, while the other is getting email, or something. They say the system is more responsive under load. Doesn't make it true, of course (and I think kernel 2.6 will give a _much_ more responsive desktop anyway, something about breaking uninterruptible tasks up into smaller ones). Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose"
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