GIMPS is a processor intensive operation. Unless your critically low and
constantly swapping to disk, then probably not. Although adding cache
memory does help, but I will defer to my collegues to say how much is
optimal.
Unless you are running Linux or NT, dual processors dosen't matter (this is
assuming you are on a PC). If you are on an NT machine, it will tell you
the number of processors while booting, on the blue screen.
Under Linux...Uhh....I'm not sure, but if you open the cover and see two
processors... :-)
William
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lorenzo Fortunato
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 11:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Mersenne: Questions
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>
> Hi all,
> I have two question , please reply !!
>
> 1) Increasing my RAM from 32 --> 64 will help GIMPS ??
>
> 2) What do i have to do to discover if my computer is dual or not??
>
> These could seem very stupid , but i don't know the answer!
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Lorenzo
>
>
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