Comment Is SMP worth it? (Score 1) 368
Yes and no. If you are using an OS like NT i haven't seen it doing any better on a quad compared to dual. But if you have multithraded apps that are written well for SMP yes it's worth it. But otherwise it just increases the performance probably anywhere between 10% to 50%. But more around 30-35%.
Incase of Dual Pentium Vs Dual Petium Pro or P-2 you are better of with Pro or P-2 based on how much it will cost extra. Nowadays you can get a dual Pro with SCSI setup for less than 700 or 800$. The reason for Pro or P-2 being better is they have separate cache for each processor(sometimes same clock speed of the Processor & also the architecture is much better).
On classic petium you are sharing the same memory (512kb) and also on 66mhz bus. On Pro or P-2 depending on which you will have separate L2 cache anywhere from 256kb to 1MB or even on Xeon a whopping 2MB.
If you still want to go for Pentium for the price better of with TYAN 1564D. It's the best dual petium board(my dual 133 on this board runs more like a single P-2 266). A caution of advice never ever buy Gigabyte 586D. You need lot of cooling or even socket VRM's(PL Pro MMX) in my case to cool off or replace onboard VRM's if you are using MMX beyond 200mhz. If you decided to go Pro Intel PR440FX is the best board. For P-2 upto 333 it's Intel DK440LX. Beyond that you have many boards that would hold up.
Glad that i could help.
Incase of Dual Pentium Vs Dual Petium Pro or P-2 you are better of with Pro or P-2 based on how much it will cost extra. Nowadays you can get a dual Pro with SCSI setup for less than 700 or 800$. The reason for Pro or P-2 being better is they have separate cache for each processor(sometimes same clock speed of the Processor & also the architecture is much better).
On classic petium you are sharing the same memory (512kb) and also on 66mhz bus. On Pro or P-2 depending on which you will have separate L2 cache anywhere from 256kb to 1MB or even on Xeon a whopping 2MB.
If you still want to go for Pentium for the price better of with TYAN 1564D. It's the best dual petium board(my dual 133 on this board runs more like a single P-2 266). A caution of advice never ever buy Gigabyte 586D. You need lot of cooling or even socket VRM's(PL Pro MMX) in my case to cool off or replace onboard VRM's if you are using MMX beyond 200mhz. If you decided to go Pro Intel PR440FX is the best board. For P-2 upto 333 it's Intel DK440LX. Beyond that you have many boards that would hold up.
Glad that i could help.
