From: Charles Cazabon <linux-kernel@discworld.dyndns.org>
To: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone?
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 16:17:37 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011009161737.A14175@qcc.sk.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011009211625Z277979-760+22927@vger.kernel.org> <3BC371B2.6010405@interactivesi.com> <1002665547.1543.123.camel@phantasy>
In-Reply-To: <1002665547.1543.123.camel@phantasy>; from rml@tech9.net on Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 06:12:26PM -0400
Robert Love <rml@tech9.net> wrote:
>
> It seems that any Athlon (even Durons) work fine in SMP configurations.
They work, but not "fine". There are performance issues with
Thunderbird-core Athlons in SMP configurations that may slow them down
somewhat.
> I have heard conflicting reports of what is actually different about the
> MP vs non-MP parts, with points ranging from "the MP parts are just
> certified" to that MP actually has some different internals. Whatever
> the case, I suppose the difference isn't earth-shattering and mostly
> marketing (ala Intel).
Non-MP Athlons to now have all been Thunderbird (or earlier) cores. MP
Athlons are Palomino cores. The new Athlon XP is a Palomino core. The
Palomino has specific fixes for MP operation (no more slowdowns due to
SMP), and various performance improvements.
If you don't want to fork out the extra cash for the "official" MP
Athlons, at least buy the XP variant.
Charles
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-09 22:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-09 21:16 Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone? Dieter Nützel
2001-10-09 21:52 ` Timur Tabi
2001-10-09 22:06 ` Dan Hollis
2001-10-16 1:46 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-10-16 2:22 ` Dan Hollis
2001-10-09 22:12 ` Robert Love
2001-10-09 20:58 ` David Lang
2001-10-09 22:30 ` Dan Hollis
2001-10-09 22:43 ` Robert Love
2001-10-11 19:14 ` bill davidsen
2001-10-11 19:22 ` nick
2001-10-15 21:30 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-10-15 21:58 ` Dan Hollis
2001-10-11 19:24 ` Jeffrey W. Baker
2001-10-15 21:37 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-10-15 21:57 ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-10-15 22:07 ` Timur Tabi
2001-10-16 18:40 ` Hans-Peter Jansen
2001-10-15 22:08 ` John Jasen
2001-10-15 22:20 ` Wilson
2001-10-16 12:23 ` Bill Davidsen
2001-10-11 21:19 ` John J Tobin
2001-10-12 19:32 ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-10-12 19:46 ` Jeff Nguyen
2001-10-12 20:32 ` Jelle Foks
2001-10-09 22:17 ` Charles Cazabon [this message]
2001-10-09 22:24 ` Dan Hollis
2001-10-09 21:09 ` David Lang
2001-10-09 22:32 ` Dan Hollis
2001-10-09 22:27 ` German Gomez Garcia
2001-10-09 22:54 ` Robert Love
2001-10-10 14:45 ` Charles Cazabon
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-10-09 22:41 Dieter Nützel
2001-10-09 23:14 Dieter Nützel
2001-10-17 19:38 Thomas Esser
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