From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 23 14:27:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [216.102.203.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7203E14E78 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:27:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from localhost (bri@localhost) by adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA04305; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:26:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:26:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian X-Sender: bri@adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net To: Siviwe Kwatsha Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linear Speedup for NT (SMP) ? In-Reply-To: <19990823202723.A74208@lucifer.ru.ac.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If by linear you mean a 2 processor box is twice as fast as a 1 processor box, thats malarky. The 2 proc box will be faster than 1, though by how much is debatable, Recent tests between NT and LINUX have favored NT because its smp psupport at the time was better, though now that is debatable. Pleasedon't flame, just repeating read observations. Brian On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Siviwe Kwatsha wrote: > Hello, > > Someone just told me that NT has linear speedup on SMP. > > While I think it's a ridiculous claim that software can fix architectural > problems, I'm keen to move to NT if it _does_ gives me linear support. > > Hopefully someone will tell me it's all Microsoft false-advertising bullshit > again. > > Eagerly awaiting that response :) > > - Siviwe > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message