From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 17 03:35:48 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1A6C16A4A0 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:35:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A636613C45D for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:35:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i11so339516nzh for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:35:46 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=JO3kZLI0iiLyV9/u6NxsTuEC7bIpJPiaNqWM8plGg2s9nOyFV6Qo0zBOoKpSOpmM/7AhPd3QisrHJ6bLEczEa5Ngm+INVkr5MwfoEqxOm0yggKz6iafLHPSD2rdGqT/O2wAVeZNhpGgmkCsrPU1RD/BEHk/CO7UVX/3nm0A4vUY= Received: by 10.65.219.11 with SMTP id w11mr9131162qbq.1169004945883; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:35:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.250.1 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:35:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:35:45 -0500 From: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" To: "Norberto Meijome" In-Reply-To: <20070117142404.43699e39@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070117142404.43699e39@localhost> Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: duo core question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:35:49 -0000 thank you guys for reply... very useful... :-) so for you guys who have experiecen with this cpu, do you really "feel" it?? TFC On 1/16/07, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:11:20 -0500 > "Tsu-Fan Cheng" wrote: > > > how much faster will a duo core CPU gives me when > > running freebsd, nothing optimised.. > > How much faster than what.... > > :) > > ok, without being a smart-arse anymore. :) Not sure how much faster a duo > core version of the SAME single core CPU, on a SAME motherboard with SAME > RAM, > HD, bus,etc would be.... but, FWIW, from the mouth of some Intel Exec in a > Virtualisation conf. in Sydney late last year, they say they achieved about > 85% > increased speed with a duo core, using the same amount of power as for a > single > core. If wanted to achieve double the speed, the power consumption would be > SO > much bigger that it wouldn't be worth it. I found that interesting. > > HIH > > _________________________ > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of > it." Mark Twain > > I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. > Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been > Warned. >