Are we talking about some old-school Xeon circa 1998 or similar? We still have Xeons now, but there aren't any current Pentiums. Which Xeons are you talking about, and which Pentiums? Xeons all allowed for multi-CPU machines - most Pentiums didn't.
Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 27 February 2009 3:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Xeon compile performance I admit that I will be showing my ignorance of low level computing with this question, but here goes: All other components being equal, would a large compile complete any faster on a Xeon processor with the base L2 cache compared to an otherwise equivalent Pentium processor (as equivalent as possible)? It's a somewhat philosophical debate here. My instinct is that a Xeon, by itself, is not going to help in a compile operation. But I can't back it up with anything. Yes, I understand there are multiple differences in Xeon and Pentium systems in general, which makes a live test a bit more difficult. Kevin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
