Even NT on it's own won't necessarily guarantee dual processor working, it
all depends on the software. Games would probably not use dual processors,
whereas graphics packages, the most common area for multiple CPU's, would.
Since you're on a Linux board, I would add that Linux or any Unix derivative
will give you the dual processor power you're after with minimal effort, and
that would also include stuff running on them, like Quake or similar.
The one other thing I would say is that dual processors aren't usually
better. If you imagine that they are both sharing a 66Mhz bus (only the
brand new Celerons are 100Mhz, and you're back to paying a premium), whereas
a P3 would use a 100Mhz on it's own, you can start to see the bottlenecks.
Multiple processing also works better with SCSI than IDE, as SCSI can handle
multiple requests better. See if you can find an online benchmark test, you
may be surprised. I found one which was next to useless, it used 3d Studio
max to benchmark, but at least it demonstrates the lack of support for dual
processors.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph |byte-runner | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Multiple CPU (2 Celerons or one Pent-3)
On Mon, 06 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> As a newbie there are a lot of things about Linux and computers in general
> that I do not yet understand - please bear with me.
>
> I have a query about the pros and cons of running multiple processors. I
> don't know about anywhere else in the world but in Australia the new Abit
> dual-Celeron boards have hit the shelves. The price for one of these
boards
> packing 2 Celeron-400 processors is considerable less than that for a
> Pentium 3 - 550 with board.
>
> Now I understand that not all programmes work with multiple-processors,
> however I understand that in a multiple-processor setup one program may be
> run on processor A, while another is being dealt with by processor B. No
> doubt this is a major over-simplification.
> As I am potentially in the market for a new system if I can get better
> performance from dual-Celerons on other programmes I run, I may as well
save
> the money and impress my friends running Win98 with a system that really
> rocks.
Win '98 won't work with duel cpu it will only see one of them. You will have
to
run NT to take advantage of this setup.
Ralph
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