From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 17 03:24:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F6016A416 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:24:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F02913C43E for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:24:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 14272 invoked from network); 17 Jan 2007 14:24:06 +1100 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (203.14.171.231) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 17 Jan 2007 14:24:06 +1100 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:24:04 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" Message-ID: <20070117142404.43699e39@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.7.0 (GTK+ 2.10.7; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: duo core question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:24:08 -0000 On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:11:20 -0500 "Tsu-Fan Cheng" wrote: > how much faster will a duo core CPU gives me when > running freebsd, nothing optimised.. How much faster than what.... :) ok, without being a smart-arse anymore. :) Not sure how much faster a duo core version of the SAME single core CPU, on a SAME motherboard with SAME RAM, HD, bus,etc would be.... but, FWIW, from the mouth of some Intel Exec in a Virtualisation conf. in Sydney late last year, they say they achieved about 85% increased speed with a duo core, using the same amount of power as for a single core. If wanted to achieve double the speed, the power consumption would be SO much bigger that it wouldn't be worth it. I found that interesting. HIH _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." Mark Twain I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.