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To: Scumbria who wrote (53346)	3/24/1999 11:52:00 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) of 1583483

<You can buy two 333 MHz PIIs instead of one 450 MHz part, build a screaming fast MP system, and still have enough money left over for an expensive date at a five star restaurant.> Uh Scumbria, that may be true for servers, but it's definitely not true for the consumer market. Two 333 MHz processors aren't going to match one 450 MHz processor in Winstone, the same benchmark that you use to try and support your price/performance rant. And don't forget how useless that second processor will be when running games like Half-Life. Better yet, don't forget how useless that second processor will be in any Windows 98 task. Even if all software were magically transformed to support multiprocessing, there's still a limit as to how much more performance that second processor will get you, and it depends on the application. AnandTech wrote some wonderful articles on multiprocessing from an enthusiast's point-of-view. Check them out: anandtech.com anandtech.com anandtech.com Tenchusatsu

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