Hi all, I've noticed that a bunch of folks on the list are running quad 142/1MB (or dual) HyperSPARCs in their SS20/10. I have the opportunity to buy some of these for a good price, to upgrade from my current dual 100/256kb Ross CPUs. My current setup is often CPU bound with just me on the box over xdm and some apps/services running.
For those of you using these CPUs, two questions: - how's the performance? Can you compare it to the dual setup I have now, or to an ultra 2 (probably an ugly comparison). Will I really notice faster performance? My main apps are apache, samba, Yast2 (oink oink), gimp and (unsuccessful) attempts at running quakeforge. - how's the heat? I've read some usenet archives on setting up external fans to draw air out of the chassis, anyone else out there had to do this? This system has a couple of SBUS cards, two 7200 rpm disks and a full helping of RAM/VSIMM. It lives in a smallish room with no A/C. With the dual 100s, I've had not problems, although I often leave the door to the room open as it get's quite warm. -Brad -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
