Dual Processors

distortion · 10th September 2001, 06:26

I've had to deal with alot of people of late bringing to my attention their desire (and even bringing me the hardware

in one case) for mulitple processors (specifically t-birds). e144539 and george basically gave it to you but heres it simply.

It costs a heap
The ends don't even closely justify the means (On a MS operating system at least)
Your money is better spent elsewhere

Here's even more details (sorry if this is redundant)
If you want an ideal heaving gaming machine sink your bucks into a now cheap t/bird 1.333 or 1.4 (if affordable), a good DDR mainboard, a few sticks of DDR RAM (now VERY cheap), a GeForce 3 (or wait for next nvidia chip) and maybe some broadband if you dont have any already. Multiptle processor setups are often for the sole purpose of bragging rights (but any experienced tech head will probably see thru it, it just isn't viable). You dont NEED to go that fast unless you're running a high level web server. Concentrate on getting any chip, they're all screaming, it doesn't matter! Then focus on keeping it cool and getting fast hard drives. It wont matter if your system is 1.4THz unless your hard drives are feeding you info rapidly. It's a game of weights and balances

To my sadness I often see expensive high end machines from Dell and Gateway come into my shop and they're creeping along on a junk hard drive.
Conclusions
Your understanding of how multiprocessors work is on par, but its not that cut and dry. Will you have more power? Sure. Is it worth the cost? No. Intel vs. AMD This is a toss up. Intel has better chipset platforms (the chips that make your motherboard work) but their Pentium 4's are known to be mainly inferior. I'm not gonna bug you with alot more crap and numbers. With the coming chipsets for AMD I'm convinced that AMD is gonna rule roost for a while.

Happy hunting! (don't hestitate to private message if you have any questions

)

(ugh, aren't you glad that's over?)

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10th September 2001, 06:26	#6
distortion Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Long Island, USA Posts: 109	I've had to deal with alot of people of late bringing to my attention their desire (and even bringing me the hardware in one case) for mulitple processors (specifically t-birds). e144539 and george basically gave it to you but heres it simply. It costs a heap The ends don't even closely justify the means (On a MS operating system at least) Your money is better spent elsewhere Here's even more details (sorry if this is redundant) If you want an ideal heaving gaming machine sink your bucks into a now cheap t/bird 1.333 or 1.4 (if affordable), a good DDR mainboard, a few sticks of DDR RAM (now VERY cheap), a GeForce 3 (or wait for next nvidia chip) and maybe some broadband if you dont have any already. Multiptle processor setups are often for the sole purpose of bragging rights (but any experienced tech head will probably see thru it, it just isn't viable). You dont NEED to go that fast unless you're running a high level web server. Concentrate on getting any chip, they're all screaming, it doesn't matter! Then focus on keeping it cool and getting fast hard drives. It wont matter if your system is 1.4THz unless your hard drives are feeding you info rapidly. It's a game of weights and balances To my sadness I often see expensive high end machines from Dell and Gateway come into my shop and they're creeping along on a junk hard drive. Conclusions Your understanding of how multiprocessors work is on par, but its not that cut and dry. Will you have more power? Sure. Is it worth the cost? No. Intel vs. AMD This is a toss up. Intel has better chipset platforms (the chips that make your motherboard work) but their Pentium 4's are known to be mainly inferior. I'm not gonna bug you with alot more crap and numbers. With the coming chipsets for AMD I'm convinced that AMD is gonna rule roost for a while. Happy hunting! (don't hestitate to private message if you have any questions ) (ugh, aren't you glad that's over?)