I have a Dell workstation with 2 processors (quad Xeons, total 8 cores,
4GB of RAM). Empirically, I have found that the "breakeven" point is 5
instances of Prime 95 - if I go past 5 instances, I lose so much
iteration time on all running instances that my total throughput drops.
If I go to the new version, will it open up 8 instances? I think this
would make my machine less effective in the end. Or does the new version
manage conflicts and memory usage in such a way that my "breakeven"
point might change? 
 
I am hesitant to go to v25 for this reason.
 
 
Stephan Grupp MD PhD
Director, Stem Cell Biology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Oncology/BMT
ARC 902
3615 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA  19104-4318
phone 215-590-5476
fax 215-590-3770
 
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