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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!psgrain!rainrgnews0!not-for-mail From: bmk@dtr.com (Brant Katkansky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dual Pentium MotherBoard. Date: 26 Sep 1995 11:04:36 -0700 Organization: DTR/net - Portland OR Lines: 24 Message-ID: <449fbk$58m@everest.dtr.com> References: <44735j$7qo@kappa.usc.edu> <DFHG2v.7Mw@ritz.mordor.com> <4491rp$gb0@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dtr.rain.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips:33962 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems:20197 comp.os.linux.hardware:16813 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:6586 In article <4491rp$gb0@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>, Chien-hung Lin <lin1974@expert.cc.purdue.edu> wrote: >In article <DFHG2v.7Mw@ritz.mordor.com>, >Chris Mauritz <ritz@ritz.mordor.com> wrote: >>Free/NetBSD/Linux won't take advantage of the extra cpu. >> > >What systems or OS or programs would take advantage of the extra >CPU? Would it need a driver to run the extra CPU, if so how much memory >would it take up? Solaris x86 will. Don't take this as a recommendation, however. :) Support for SMP is supposedly in the works for FreeBSD and Linux. >In addition, how much performance would one expect to see w/ the extra CPU, >would I need 2 CPU fans instead of one? The performance increase you'll see depends largely on what you're doing. What do you intend on using it for? Definately use a CPU fan or heat sink on each CPU. -- bmk@dtr.com