Actually a second cpu would probably not even be a option because unless
first, the software you are using is designed for SMP and the current software is
extremley intensive in means of compulation, such as a CAD or SQL server
I wouldn't even think about SMP and I would be all for MORE RAM, I also had to make
that decision about 1 month ago, but I had a large sum of $$ so I choose both, a SMP
with a somewhat large amount of RAM and a single CPU machine with tons of RAM and
after 1 month running a clustered network running a httpd, ftp, telnet and at least
100+ users on all services at all times
the single CPU kicks the ass off of the SMP machine.
-Carl Johnson
SMP:
2 PII 300
72MB Ram
Single CPU:
1 PII 300
256MB RAM
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From: Chris Frost
Sent: Friday, June 12, 1998 8:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Best Upgrade (smp or ram)
I'm about to upgrade my current box and had a question re: what it should
be. Short intro: I've got a 166 pentium w/ 80mb's of ram and just about
always have netscape open, a nice background picture (32bpp), can often be
found compiling stuff, and do a lot of work w/ the gimp (and sometimes
play quakeworld). I have enough money to either add a 2nd cpu or another
64mb's of ram (not enough to go scsi, and I have a mill II video card so
it's plenty speedy). So, my question is <grin>, do ya'll think adding the
64mb of ram or the 2nd cpu would be more beneficial? How well would single
threaded apps (something like a gimp filter I'm thinking) be speed up w/
2.1.x on a smp system? I know that when compiling and surfing, and maybe
gimp'ing it would really help, but what about (I assume) single thread
stuff like gimp or quake?
Also, I've heard lots of AccelX...on a Millennium II does AccelX go *that*
much faster than XFree? This would cost as much as the other options, and
I wouldn't think it'd help as much, but...
Thanks for any comments!!
Chris
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