automatically benefit from multiple processors if the OS is a SMP OS?
Stated another way, when you say that an application "supports SMP" or
is "designed for SMP" does it simply mean that it is multi-threaded?
Brian Oster
Brian Oster
Brian Oster
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:50:15 -0400, "MadDAWG"
>I'll give it a try.
>> I would suggest doing that. I think the improvement would relate to
>> about 5 to 10% increase in overall GPL performance.
>I'm more interested in NR2002 than GPL and I would think that the newer
>title would do a better job of taking advantage of a dual CPU
>>Not really worth
>> the cost of another CPU, unless you can get one really cheap. I have
>> found that some computers do not need the CPUs to be matched in the
>> stepping, and some do.
>Got to have something to play with now don't we? If we only used what we
>needed whats the point of living :)
>MadDAWG
I believe it will depend entirely upon the game. GPL(not so much), but N4/N2002 are very
cpu-intensive, they may benefit immensely from a dual cpu setup. You have to remember that in many
cases, the people asking about SMP, already have a dual capable system, but might not have added the
second cpu, or don't run these games on their SMP setup, instead running under Win9X instead.
--
Biz
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
>> As I asked/pointed out earlier I believe that any multi-threaded app
>> will gain from multiple cpu's. Having said that though, the
>> performace gain will probably be very minimal with an app like N2002
>> AND I am willing to bet that a single 2.1 GHZ machine will outperform
>> a dual 1.8 GHZ machine when running N2002 any day of the week and cost
>> less.
>> Brian Oster
>I believe it will depend entirely upon the game. GPL(not so much), but N4/N2002 are very
>cpu-intensive, they may benefit immensely from a dual cpu setup. You have to remember that in many
>cases, the people asking about SMP, already have a dual capable system, but might not have added the
>second cpu, or don't run these games on their SMP setup, instead running under Win9X instead.
Brian Oster