One CPU or Two ?
This is a discussion about One CPU or Two ? in the Windows Games category; I've just been reading in this months PCW (personal computer world) in the uk about SMP compatible games. Is it true that quake 3 can take advantage of a dual CPU computer system ?.
I've just been reading in this months PCW (personal computer world) in the uk about SMP compatible games. Is it true that quake 3 can take advantage of a dual CPU computer system ?
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Agreed, once SMP always SMP. You just can't beat the price/performance ratio of a BP6 and a couple of overclocked Celerons.
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What I wanted to say is Celeron is the worst thing you can have with RDRAM. And as RDRAM is the worst thing you can have in you box, Celeronis great. Anyway, I don't think you can puta Celeronon i820 (Intel lastest chipset supportin RDRAM).
I'm waiting AMD dual CPU : Intel is dead(nearly).
Awx
I'm waiting AMD dual CPU : Intel is dead(nearly).
Awx
Quote:Originally posted by Awaxx:
What I wanted to say is Celeron is the worst thing you can have with RDRAM. And as RDRAM is the worst thing you can have in you box, Celeronis great. Anyway, I don't think you can puta Celeronon i820 (Intel lastest chipset supportin RDRAM).
I'm waiting AMD dual CPU : Intel is dead(nearly).
Awx
From what I have read. A dual AMD Processor is going to come out around 2001. VIA is going to make the dual chipset. By that time Willimette be ahead by a long shot. I hope you have read about the new Intel Processor that is doing 1.5GHz From my experience AMD has always caused lock ups and is very unreliable I had to return my K6-2 300 because of cards my G200 locking up. V2 SLI did work though But the OS is no good if it keeps locking up every 10 mins. After that experience I am Pro-Intel. I have never had an lock up issue yet with this Dual 450. ( Q3 SMP is another story
What I wanted to say is Celeron is the worst thing you can have with RDRAM. And as RDRAM is the worst thing you can have in you box, Celeronis great. Anyway, I don't think you can puta Celeronon i820 (Intel lastest chipset supportin RDRAM).
I'm waiting AMD dual CPU : Intel is dead(nearly).
Awx
From what I have read. A dual AMD Processor is going to come out around 2001. VIA is going to make the dual chipset. By that time Willimette be ahead by a long shot. I hope you have read about the new Intel Processor that is doing 1.5GHz From my experience AMD has always caused lock ups and is very unreliable I had to return my K6-2 300 because of cards my G200 locking up. V2 SLI did work though But the OS is no good if it keeps locking up every 10 mins. After that experience I am Pro-Intel. I have never had an lock up issue yet with this Dual 450. ( Q3 SMP is another story
Intel is Dead?? Sure, just wait for the new line of "Willamette" (I think thats the right spelling) Processor come out, they'll blow your mind man, I like AMD too, if you're gonna do "Chip" bashing....bash the Cyrix line...if there still is one.
in symetric multi processor config all CPU sync occurs in the cache. less cache less SMP will happen. More cache such as in a PII or PIII that has 512k more effeicent data processing. Thats why celerons that have 128k cache arent good for SMP. Thats why the old Pent Pro and new Xeon have more cache.
My dual celeron 400@500 system will kick the hell out of yours, Xeon....sure, $2500 for a 550 with 1mb cache
He asked a simple question EddiE314
, don't insult my intelligence, sounds like you're a little B1TCH that was picked on as a child.
, don't insult my intelligence, sounds like you're a little B1TCH that was picked on as a child.
rOcko: No one hears your small voice anymore. Why not go on irc and find some conflict there? Stop by #riva on efnet sometime so I can test my new bot scripts on you...
On SMP with Celerons: SMP and it's benefits are far more dictated by your applications than CPU cache. I have a dual cele 500 Mhz setup and it floats. If you pair a dual cele setup with a GeForce card you're looking at a seriously bad-ass system with few bottlenecks. Go SCSI as well and you can be rOcko's daddy.
On SMP with Celerons: SMP and it's benefits are far more dictated by your applications than CPU cache. I have a dual cele 500 Mhz setup and it floats. If you pair a dual cele setup with a GeForce card you're looking at a seriously bad-ass system with few bottlenecks. Go SCSI as well and you can be rOcko's daddy.
I have a dual Celeron system, I do not find any great improvement compared to a uniprocessor system. Anyway, most programs are single threaded, therefore, it would not benefit the SMP users out there.
The benefit of using SMP system is, you can have more things done at the same amount of time, not you can have more things done in less time (which many people misunderstood). It can only show its potential when the program is multithreaded.
I do agree that Celerons are crippled by its low amount of cache compared with PIII or Xeon. But when considering the number of Celerons you can buy when you buy a Xeon, I think Celeron definitely win the performance/price throne.
The benefit of using SMP system is, you can have more things done at the same amount of time, not you can have more things done in less time (which many people misunderstood). It can only show its potential when the program is multithreaded.
I do agree that Celerons are crippled by its low amount of cache compared with PIII or Xeon. But when considering the number of Celerons you can buy when you buy a Xeon, I think Celeron definitely win the performance/price throne.
Thats right rocko, you are a little B1tch.
Good, at least you can read my posts about you
Good, at least you can read my posts about you
