From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 12 19:07:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A39581065692 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:07:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grarpamp@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f211.google.com (mail-ew0-f211.google.com [209.85.219.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 280628FC26 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:07:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so2910852ewy.13 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:07:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=66pRH7uN8jxmwFrZ88GQDmXuoQcnkSwzozVCWeY77Ec=; b=YvNztRHseJ7A1DtQarDn6EhpJ+kD8M0RymptifjctTNfBZqnNLi0Km7RNkGgIm+yJR VBHklbb9u8hK8gKxkCaIInheirOInbIb9BaeQLcmzjav6XgVZPmDZHleLvkDk2jPPHoH tpBuXmFOTQg03toaWeisk2hOfBwe1Jo5raKqQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=b5hF1Xp9nOeDzSutiJjBrrTlkYsbRpHRGj1XAHNra1jZD5cXgnZFdF8hINfwn2eydn hpowdiEuqnPucB4HQ/WuQhDwAtgKmhVHs+d2lPOxONmSJeGzGT7FpCqHZaWcD6wHdIhA xwKbcXKXF9ioOrox6MtYas8r3DjZXPLNLuBrY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.24.21 with SMTP id t21mr328529ebb.99.1266001635152; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:07:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:07:15 -0500 Message-ID: From: grarpamp To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Better processor, SSE3, crypto? 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: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:07:16 -0000 Hi. I'm stretching a couple machines with spare parts. I've got a midrange P4 Northwood 2.4G/533 SL6PC and a lowball P4 Prescott 2.4G/533 SL7E8. They're apparently missing 64bit, HT, NX, VT and friends. To me, the Prescott only seems better by 512K more L2 cache, SSE3 and more heat for the winter. Are either of those two used or help a single focus like crypto... geli/gbde/ssl [aes]? I figure the cache will always help userland, maybe buildworld. Kindof a dumb question, I should probably just test and reply to myself :)