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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!nntp.inet.fi!news.funet.fi!news.cs.hut.fi!news.clinet.fi!not-for-mail From: mickey@cantina.clinet.fi (Mika Ruohotie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: dual cpu stuff... Date: 20 Aug 1996 20:30:12 +0300 Organization: Clinet, Espoo, Finland Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4vcsn4$7ql@cantina.clinet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: cantina.clinet.fi i know this doesnt quite belong here, right? but i prefer asking here since i dont trust people on hardware groups too much... i'm about to get a dual cpu pentium board in few weeks time, and realized the other day it has only 512 pipeline cache, do i get slower performance when i put two p166/p200 on the board? i remember reading that over p133 the cpus prefer 512kb cache _each_, ofcourse, i was unable to figure out is 512 still enough since the cpu's are "interlaced", right? *shrug* anyway, i start with one p133, i think... how well the current multiple cpu freebsd can take advantage from the multiple cpus? i heard that the new nt4 will only hand max 40% advantage... how about the cache? i know my compiling time went down 24% on single cpu... from 256 async to 512 pb, with p133... mickey