On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:12 PM, M Harris <harrismh777@earthlink.net> wrote:
It is my experience that a well tuned system with one processor (and one core) runs more efficiently than an smp system with multiple cores that has not been optimized. The entire system must be optimized for multi-cores, and the application (whatever that means) must be written specifically with smp in mind. Throwing multiple cores at an existing system (including apps) without tuning and optimization can actually result in "slower" performance (depending)... again, the truth of the paragraph at the top of the page reigns supreme.
However, I have found that, at least under linux, that an SMP system can be faster than a single core system that's 50% faster. However, it just depends on what you are doing. If you are watching a tv show and surfing the web, then dual core makes much more sense because the system is more responsive. So, I don't recommend any single core systems anymore. Even the Celerons are almost all DC. Only the Sempron is single core anymore. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org