Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 22:17:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham <lplist@q.closedsrc.org> To: rewted <rewted@gmx.net> Cc: freEbSd-NEWBiEs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Solaris vs. FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007232211370.31033-100000@q.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <007801bff511$f74051e0$4bbbe2d1@elite>
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It really depends... the SPARC processor (mostly the newer ones) tend to have faster FPU performance then the Intel Pentium II processors. I'm not sure if that has changed with the introduction of the Coppermine Pentium III processor. If you must have fast FPU performance, the DEC (err, Compaq) Alpha processor has one of the fastest FPU and Integer performance ratings and some Alpha based workstations might be cheaper than comparable SPARC workstations. Solaris might be a better choice if you have to use a lot of commercial software and require vendor support. But I'm definitely not discounting that FreeBSD on the newer x86 processors (like the Athlon Thunderbird) and Alpha processors as being as fast as Solaris/SPARC. I hope this helps a little // Linh Pham // // Proud supporter of FreeBSD and OpenBSD // FreeBSD - http://www.freebsd.org // OpenBSD - http://www.openbsd.org /* "Oregon, n.: Eighty billion gallons of water with no place to go on Saturday night." */ On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, rewted wrote: > Sun workstation equipped with Solaris is often used in University and > research environments, usually Sun workstations are powerful machines. So > the question is - in a caculation environment (modelling, graphing, etc.) is > Solaris faster than FreeBSD? Assuming that FreeBSD is running on a Intel > machine with equivalent frequency, memory, floating point, etc... as a Sun > SPARCstation with Solaris installed. Is FreeBSD suitable for research > institudes? > > - rewted > > ------------------------- > #exclude<windows.h> > rewted@gmx.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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