Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:42:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:42:15 -0400 Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net ([207.69.200.246]:31515 "EHLO smtp10.atl.mindspring.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:42:01 -0400 Subject: Re: Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone? From: Robert Love To: Dan Hollis Cc: David Lang , Timur Tabi , Linux Kernel List In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.15.99+cvs.2001.10.05.08.08 (Preview Release) Date: 09 Oct 2001 18:43:01 -0400 Message-Id: <1002667385.1673.129.camel@phantasy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2001-10-09 at 18:30, Dan Hollis wrote: > It's palomino core. It means, new SSE instructions, bigger TLB cache, > prefetch, and 20% power reduction. All this for maybe 5%-15% performance > increase. And a not so nice increase in price tag :-o Oh, you are right. I meant MP vs XP part, sorry. From what I gather, MP is no different from XP, although perhaps "certified for SMP" -- despite costing more per MHz. > Dual 1.2 non-MP is fine for me thanks... plenty fast and cheap. Completely Agreed. I am thinking of getting a dual AMD system for doing more kernel work (tackle AMD and SMP). My main machine is a P3 now. Robert Love - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/