Andrea Venturoli writes: AV> Not exactly the same algorithm and on different set of data.
But similar machine instructions, perhaps? AV> Yes. Just the contention for the FPU alone might have had the effect of single-threading the workload. That plus the SMP overhead might give you a zero or negative gain with HT. AV> In the past. AV> Nowadays they have some sort of protection. Unfortunately, AMD lost my business when the first processor nearly burst into flames. I try not to make the same mistake twice. And I've seen examples of AMD processors that _have_ burst into flames, so why take a chance? For me the weakest parts of any machine are the fans and the disk drives, because they have to move. -- Anthony _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
