From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 16 20:39:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA10357 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:39:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA10352 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:39:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.gsoft.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA00422; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:07:35 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199709170337.NAA00422@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Brian Tao cc: Mike Smith , FREEBSD-CHAT-L Subject: Re: SMP motherboard advice... In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:27:06 -0400." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:07:35 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Most of the SMP guys will tell you that a dual P5 is a waste of time. > > As opposed to what? Dual PPros or PII's? Those are still on the > pricey side. What specific disadvantages are there to dual P5's? > Nowhere near 2x performance? Current motherboards not having enough > L2 cache for 2x200-MHz CPU's? More to the point, there usually being only one L2 cache for the two CPUs, and a single P6 being more cost-effective. > > If you're planning on playing games on the box, SMP is a waste of > > time. You want the fastest uniprocessor machine your budget will > > support, the most evil video card you can get, and a BIG MONITOR! > > I'll have the evil video cards and a big monitor, but I also want > to diddle around with FreeBSD-SMP. ;-) I figure the addition of a > Voodoo 3D accelerator alone will do wonders for my game playing > experience. :) Heh. 8) Basically, you'll have to compromise in order to meet both your goals. Ain't life a bitch? mike