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At 28-12-2000 +1100, you wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 22:04, ZER0 FREQUENCY 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
> >
> > I personally like AMD. Although linux mostly supports intel. Not much
> > change since AMD has intel-compatible microprocessors.
>
>http://www.tomshardware.com has great PC CPU (i.e. no Mac) reviews. It
>recently has done extensive testing on the Pentium 4, comparing it to other
>Intel and AMD processors. It generally concludes that AMD chips are better,
>since they are significantly cheaper for about the same performance. The
>Pentium 4, it says, is difficult to compare to other CPUs since there are
>currrently no programmes that can take advantage of its new instructions.
>This is particularly important in the floating point department (i.e.
>mathematical calculations), where it rates poorly on current apps that are
>unoptimised for it. It will be quite some time before programmes can use the
>Pentium 4 well, so until then we should use more conventional CPUs.
>
>There is nothing wrong with using a Mac for Linux. PowerPC chips, like Alphas
>and SunSparcs, are based on RISC technology (Intel and AMD use CISC), which
>is typically better for complex mathematical calculations. If this is not a
>consideration, then CISC will do.
>
>In the end, it depends on what you want to do with the CPU that matters. If
>you want to run Windows in a dual-boot configuration and/or run many games,
>the x86 (i.e. Intel and AMD) architecture would be a better choice. It also
>makes installing apps a lot easier (it's easier to find ready-made i386, i586
>or i686 binaries, hence you won't have to compile code). In this case, I
>strongly recommend AMD, for the same reasons that www.tomshardware.com does.
>If you plan to do much scientific and mathematical work, then RISC (whether
>it be PowerPC, Alpha, SunSparc or something else) is probably better (as long
>as you can find the programmes you need).
>
>--
>Sridhar Dhanapalan.
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