Re: [linux-audio-dev] cpu/disk tradeoff

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] cpu/disk tradeoff
From: David Olofson (audiality_AT_swipnet.se)
Date: pe loka   15 1999 - 16:07:20 EDT


> "It was also interesting to notice how vastly
> superior the MIPS processor was: about 5 times as fast as its clock
> speed equivalent Pentium-II."

*hehe*

*drewl*

Well, it looks like x86 CPUs aren't very cost effective these days,
at least not when you put some *serious* load on them. They're
pretty OK for waiting for harddrive DMA and shuffling buffers around,
though.

(OK, I'm probably still going to buy a dual Celeron 500 or something
as an X workstation + test system for now, but I'll consider other
CPUs - rather than building an "RT-Beowulf" - if/when I need that much
power.)

//David

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