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Date:      Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:07:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      sos@FreeBSD.ORG
To:        remy@synx.com
Cc:        petrilli@dworkin.amber.org, freebsd@atipa.com, rotel@indigo.ie, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPro vs PII
Message-ID:  <199806291907.MAA17283@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To:  <9806291802.aa03736@s3.synx.com> from Remy NONNENMACHER at "Jun 29, 98 06:14:13 pm"

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In reply to Remy NONNENMACHER who wrote:
> 
> That's what say Tom's hardware guide: 100Mhz bus give a 3 to 10%
> increase. (Now, he uses Win...... benchmarks and it's difficult to
> figure out what is really tested.)

Sounds realistic, and close to my "real world" observations.

> Let's stop the pro/cons war about P2/Pro. I propose that those
> interested grab the rc5des client on www.distributed.net and post the
> result of -benchmark, along with processor type and speed. This will
> close the debate quickly.

That will show us nothing, it will say nothing about how the machine
will perform in real-life situations, its about as meningfull as
the old dhrystone "benchmark"...

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Soren Schmidt             (sos@FreeBSD.org)             FreeBSD Core Team
               So much code to hack -- so little time.

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