Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:12:27 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" <kulraj@bosa.ca> Cc: Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com>, Charles Burns <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: the AMD factor in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104192011561.2730-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <005e01c0c952$22d8aae0$64c8a8c0@asknet.com>
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account) wrote: > >> Thanks, I'm familiar with all of those. I guess I just wanted to > >> know how they do under FreeBSD since all the sites really benchmark it > >> under Windows. > > >It's the same. If the code is written and compiled properly, the > difference > >should be seen in all OSes. > > Slightly of topic, couldn't resist : > Toms Hardware conducts a linux kernel compile in one of their benchmarks. If > we have any Intel lovers out there please put you hands over your ears for > the rest of this...... > Their kernel compile test they find always fails on overclocked CPU's that > is why the concluded that the Intel Pentium III 1133MHz CPU was essentially > an overclocked 850MHz CPU. This if I remember right has been recalled and > never re-released. > I could find the link to Tom's archive covering this, it really is quite > amusing. Hmmm, has Intel been trying to release the same old CPU's but overclocked them and sell them as faster CPUs? Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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