From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 19 23:44:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB47637B417 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:44:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from Tom_Parquette [24.24.29.69] by myrealbox.com with NIMS ModWeb Module; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 02:44:50 -0500 Subject: Multiprocessor boards benefit a workstation? From: Tom Parquette To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 02:44:50 -0500 X-Mailer: NIMS ModWeb Module X-Sender: Tom_Parquette MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1008834290.651b0ff2Tom_Parquette@myrealbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm selecting components for a workstation machine and I would like some in= put. I'm planning to use an AMD processor (Athlon or Duron) and a Tyan motherboa= rd. I have had good luck with my Athlon and Tyan board in my curent mach= ine. Question #1: Does an SMP configuration benefit a workstation machine's perf= ormance enough to justify the costs? e.g. two of the Athlon MP chips in = a Tyan multi processor board. Question #2:I remember seeing a couple of items asking about experiences wi= th the Athlon in an SMP configuration. The Questions mailing list archiv= e does not seem to be available so I cannot search it. What are the expe= riences with the Athlon MP systems? TIA for any insights. Cheers... Try not. Do or do not. There is no try. -- Yoda To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message