I have been running a dual PIII/450 system for a year mostly running NT4 and since feb W2k. I usually run Linux under VMWARE with no problems at all. I have tested SuSE 6.3 directly on the motherboard, with the kernel compiled with smp support, all ran well. The board in question is a Gigabyte GA6BDX. What is dissapointing is the Bogo-mips rating, approx 480 with 1 cpu and 890 with 2. I get a rating of just over 900 with a single K6II/450 that cost a fraction of the price of the two PIII's. I know the bogo mips is not an accurate indicator of speed, however I am a firm believer in AMD technology and I hope to get my hands on a fast Athlon in the not too distant future.
Not only is bogomips not an accurate indicator of speed, it's a complete irrelevance. Mystery still surrounds the issue of why people bother looking at it, let alone quoting it. People who use it as a comparison indicator, then get disappointed with the numbers they see, are just plain off the scale! There are plenty of benchmarks which you can use to figure out how fast your machine is. I tend to favour the "it is fast enough to do what I want comfortably?" one. A "yes" or "no" is a lot easier to deal with than comparing dozens of numbers. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/