Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:29:24 -0400 From: "James E. Housley" <jim@thehousleys.net> To: "freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SMP and the Celeron Message-ID: <37A1FD14.CC862D4E@thehousleys.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907301022080.12170-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
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"Eric J. Schwertfeger" wrote: > > Between this and the rumors that Intel is going to disable Celeron SMP in > the next Celeron revision, I have to consider Celeron SMP an interesting > experiment, but not something you'd actually use in a production > environment. It's a good way to experiment with SMP for SMP's sake, but > unless you're doing the kind of stuff that does fit in the L2 cache, the > performance gain isn't what you'd hope for. > I would agree almost completely. I am running an overclocked dual celeron system for a "local production" server. With one of my initial goal of getting SMP running affordably. The next step of 2xPIII-? processors is more afforable down the line where I only have to buy them and not them PLUS everything else. Jim -- James E. Housley PGP: 1024/03983B4D System Supply, Inc. 2C 3F 3A 0D A8 D8 C3 13 Pager: pagejim@notepage.com 7C F0 B5 BF 27 8B 92 FE "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed FreeBSD" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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