From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 15 21:36:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5B6A16A41F for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:36:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F84943D6A for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:36:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A0E8A0094 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:36:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 87823-02-13 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:36:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ember.sd73.bc.ca (unknown [192.168.0.9]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CBBD8A0084 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:36:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:36:14 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <20050815150825.79226025.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <20050815150825.79226025.kgunders@teamcool.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508151436.14837.fcash@ocis.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca Subject: Re: to dual core or not to dual core... X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:36:21 -0000 On August 15, 2005 02:08 pm, Ken Gunderson wrote: > ah, that is the question... > It seems to me that for most normal workstation use one might well be > better off w/investing in faster single core cpu than in dual core. > Anybody running the dual core on desktop fbsd workstation can report? Considering 95% of all Socket 939 motherboards will accept dual-core processors with nothing more than a BIOS update, get a single-code system now, and upgrade to dual-core when the prices drop. The nice thing about AMD systems is you can do that. :) Intel dual-core requires an entire new chipset/motherboard, RAM, etc. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net