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From: ebain@ix.netcom.com (Elliot Bain)
Subject: Re: Dual Pentiums
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You wrote:
>
>> 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.
> *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
> * Mark Thompson (603) 424-1829 *
> * Fusion Films Inc. mark@fusion.mv.com *
> * Radiant Image Productions *
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I don't know why I didn't see it before, but your post crystalized my
decision to get a dual pentium setup. In many ways it's like getting 2
computers for just an incremental price increase.
Elliot Bain