On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:08:28 +0200 "E.T" <ad...@wordpress-fr.fr> wrote:
> Hence the question of having a powerful processor? > > One Debian turns with a facility has gnC)nC)rique 800mhz, good work. > Processor mult-core 3.00ghz not utility for firewall and desktop. > > > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:44:37 +0100, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: > >> I can also show you PIII systems that draw more than 300W, and I > >> discarded one a while ago that probably could have maxed out at well > >> over 500w. > >> > > > > I was shocked to find my nforce board draws around 130 watts, when > > it's switched OFF!!!!!!! and with the new graphics card can push upto > > 700 watts > > > > And No, I'm not kidding > > > > Needless to say, I now have a multitap with switch on my desk as the > > power button. > > > > p.s. People should be aware that, ARM and atom have met similar ground > > for speed but they are like risc chips and usually a 500mhz does half > > the work of a full/non emulated instruction set chip also at 500mhz. > > > > Check out atom on wikipedia for more info. > > > > Risc chips in phones etc. do even less work per cycle. > > -- > @plus > You make me extra thankful that my native langage is english. Watch some DVDs and switch the english subtitles on, though I'm not sure that will help with order and grammar. I'm not sure if I understand you but PF is so lean that if you got it running on a phone it would handle a rediculous amount of traffic. I believe the faq or somewhere says a p90 and 32mb of ram will handle most situations as a pure firewall. I Just mentioned it for comparison sakes and because it's annoying when people say they have a 10 year old pc in their hand, when it's not even close (bus, memory, bridges etc.).
