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Subject: Re: Big deal; I didn't overclock my 2x1400 AMD and it's 2800 * yawns*

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 11:34:23 09/30/01

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On September 30, 2001 at 11:42:28, Joshua Lee wrote:

>On September 29, 2001 at 15:34:45, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On September 29, 2001 at 14:42:02, Joshua Lee wrote:
>>
>>>Sue me if i am wrong but you don't get 2X with Dual Systems more like 1.7x and
>>>sometimes less sometimes more when in comes to chess so 2380Mhz sounds more
>>>correct.
>>
>>I won't sue you.  :)
>>
>>But you are correct.  Some get 1.9x (Crafty) and some get 1.3x (Deep Fritz).
>>
>>I think it's a little more than 2380mhz though.  Perhaps 2600mhz.  Which is
>>still faster than 1600mhz.
>>
>>Not to mention, I can get a full 1400mhz out of 2 applications, while he can
>>only get 1600mhz out of 1 application.
>>
>>
>>Slate
>
>How do applications like SETI , Distributed net, etc run with the duals?
>
>I have tried SETI with my now anchient 800Mhz athlon and it takes upto 2 days
>for a seti block to finish. If Cancerbusters works with Dual processor systems
>that would be great too.

I know for a fact that their are distributed programs that are SMP.  Not sure if
any of these are.

I used to have the cancer screensaver back when I had my 2x1000mhz.  And it used
200% of the CPU's.



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