Revenant wrote:
>
> John Arkoulis wrote:
> >Can you please point me at a site (independent) that I can compare the new
> >fast CPUs (P4 1.4, Dual G4, Athlon)
> >Yes I know G4 is a MAC.
> >Which one do you think is best for Linux???
> >Thanks
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com is pretty good. Doesn't cover the Mac,
> but of the other two, the short version is: Intel chips perform slightly
> faster at the same MHz, but can cost as much as 2.5x as much. Intel
> have also been having a few stability probs lately.
>
> Re: The P4s, they seem to be roughly the equivalent of P3s of the same
> MHz (if there were such a thing). They get a big performance boost if
> the software is P4-optimised but, as none of it is at the moment, that's
> a fairly nebulous advantage. http://www.tomshardware.com has more on
> this.
>
One problem with the Pentium 4 is that not all Linux distributions are
supporting it at the moment. I think Redhat 'supports' it, but Caldera
and Mandrake haven't jumped on to the bandwagon. What this 'support'
means is that the installation will recognize the CPU as a Pentium 4,
and install accordingly.
I have yet to install Linux on my G4 400MHz tower yet (I know, it's only
single CPU), but based on my reading, I am aware that you will need a
Linux distribution that will really take real advantage of SMP. I am
under the impression that Yellow Dog Linux will be much better at this
than Linux PPC 2000.
Po Kwok
Sydney, Australia
