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From: mark@fusion.MV.COM (Mark Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Dual Pentiums
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> Does a dual system basically run twice as fast as one
> that has the single chip?
This should be in an FAQ, I think I've answered a half dozen times.....
Until LW becomes multi-threaded (it currently is NOT), additional cpus will
gain you nothing for LW performance. However, under NT, you can make use of
that extra cpu by running an additional LW process or Modeler or whatever.
Ofcourse extra memory would be desireable for this.
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