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To: kash johal who wrote (56801)	4/29/1999 6:58:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1574680

<However there are lots of engineering apps that simply require a fast CPU and multiple CPU's don't gain anything.> I think a lot of the engineering apps nowadays are multithreaded and can benefit from multiprocessing. However, if I had to give a rule-of-thumb, I'd say that dual processors running at a given frequency can be matched by a single processor whose frequency is 50% higher. In other words, a Pentium II 450 MHz can do the workload of two Pentium II 300 MHz for engineering apps. The performance scaling is a little better for server apps. At least a 60% gain with a second processor. So for all those crazy guys out there who want to hack together a dual-Celeron workstation, they'll be happy to know that two 466 MHz Celerons should be able to meet the performance of a single 700 MHz Celeron. This is, of course, just a theory, because the huge processor-to-bus clock ratio (7:1) is bound to hurt multiprocessing performance. And for anyone who thinks that a Kryotech 1 GHz K7 system is cool, I say save your money for a dual 700 MHz K7 system. At least you'll be doing AMD a small favor with the extra K7 sale ... Tenchusatsu