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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!not-for-mail From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) 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: 27 Sep 1995 13:30:15 +0100 Organization: EUnet Deutschland GmbH, Dortmund, Germany Lines: 15 Message-ID: <44bg4n$74n@Germany.EU.net> References: <44735j$7qo@kappa.usc.edu> <DFHG2v.7Mw@ritz.mordor.com> <4491rp$gb0@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <812139505snz@c4rv.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: qwerty.germany.eu.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips:34372 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems:20405 comp.os.linux.hardware:17149 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:6774 In article <812139505snz@c4rv.demon.co.uk>, Rajesh Varia <raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk> writes: |> In article <4491rp$gb0@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> |> lin1974@expert.cc.purdue.edu "Chien-hung Lin" writes: |> > In addition, how much performance would one expect to see w/ the extra CPU, |> > would I need 2 CPU fans instead of one? |> > |> Depends, applications have to be optimised for SMP (eg in Word the |> print spool runs its own thread). NetWare supposed to be ~25% |> quicker. Uh, great. Add a P5 clocked at 133 to print spool. That's what I'd call overkill. Bernard