Re: ASUS Dual Pentium w/Neptune chipset?

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From: Ron Schwerer
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 17:33

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In article <3jlq2e$3du@pcnet1.pcnet.com>, getchel@pcnet.com writes:
|> In article <3jl302$mq@agate.berkeley.edu>, <gilno@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
|> writes:
|> > Also, how would a dual P75 compare to a single chip - would it be about
|> > twice as fast?
|>
|>
|> That depends upon the type of OS you are operating. If you are using
|> DOS/Windows there will be *no* performance difference *whatsoever*! You must
|> use a SMP compliant OS such as Windows NT or Unix. If you *are* using one of
|> these OS's then you will see a 150-170% increase in CPU related processing.
|> Perhaps more if each CPU is provided with an independent L2 cache.
|>
|> Brendan
|>

I believe you mean 50-70% increase in processing. In other words, it would
run at 150-170% the speed of the single CPU.

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Date: 10 Mar 1995 11:33:26 -0600
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