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On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Zhang Weiwu wrote: |
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> Hello. After I get an old U5 box, I decide to replace my desktop computer |
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> with another UltraSparc. My desktop computer is Pentium 1G / 256MB memory / |
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> ATA100 IDE box. |
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> What UltraSparc (with how many of what CPU) has similiar average desktop |
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> performance as my Pentium box? I usually only browsing around, use openoffice |
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> and gimp a little, vim as editor and doesn't use huge IDE like eclipse. |
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> What's your suggestion? |
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I like U2 SMP. 2x300 are prety reasonably priced; 2x400 have better |
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performance, but they tend to be overpriced, in my opinion. |
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For browsing, gimp, and vim work they are fine. I don't know about |
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openoffice, because I have never been able to build it. |
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Pure CPU performance: For the mozilla browser, a c++ application with |
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an aggressively parallel build, I expect the build to take from 4 -- 6 |
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hours, depending on CPU speed and other activities. I haven't actually |
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timed it, though, so that guess might be off. I am pretty sure I built |
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it yesterday in 5.5 hours on a U60(2x300MHz) --- performance of U2 is |
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about the same at a much lower price. |
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But don't just blindly follow my lead. If you are lucky, you'll get |
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several different opinions here, and you can pick & choose. |
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This note is being written on a U2-SMP configured thus: |
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2x400MHz cpu, 1MB memory, 2x18gb 10000rpm disks, Creator graphics (ffb2+) |
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6x4x16 CDRW |
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uname -a gives this. |
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Linux lacewing.inforead.com 2.4.27-sparc-r1 #1 SMP Fri Oct 8 12:31:31 UTC |
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2004 sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc II (BlackBird) GNU/Linux |
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Have fun, |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc) |
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