Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:10:09 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hyperthreading hurts 5.3? Message-ID: <20050113061009.GB50808@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <786252184.20050113014354@wanadoo.fr> References: <200501121049.j0CAnJQe028309@mp.cs.niu.edu> <828997113.20050112184556@wanadoo.fr> <41E58E53.7060606@netfence.it> <786252184.20050113014354@wanadoo.fr>
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--nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable off-topic, but... On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:43:54AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > AV> BTW, an old AMD 2000 XP+ would in any case almost outperform a P4 3GH= z, > AV> but that's another story. >=20 > An AMD processor will also melt or catch fire if the CPU fan fails, > whereas an Intel processor won't. I found this out the hard way, and so > henceforth I'll be installing Intel processors. The cost savings one > gets from buying AMD isn't enough to pay for a new motherboard or PC. This also depends on your motherboard having overheat protection (ie shuts itself down when the CPU temperature goes too high). My ASUS A7N8X calls this feature 'C.O.P.' -- CPU overheating protection. Choose your motherboard wisely and you'll avoid this problem. --Stijn --=20 It's harder to read code than to write it. -- Joel Spolsky, http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB5hDBY3r/tLQmfWcRAkoJAKCWyfrIzZNuu6X7JymFKxgnDEMOrACfXd+a 9clPbEPIW9z8SN6CuruPRXQ= =7aKj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nVMJ2NtxeReIH9PS--
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