Re: VIA CPU's
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 05:28, Tom Allison wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 21:06, Tom Allison wrote:
> >
> >>I am getting really curious about these new Via CPU's that work on the
> >>micro-ITX systems. I especially like the idea that I can get a very
> >>functional machine with only 30W.
> >
> > On the other hand, my 1GHz Athlon plays FPS games well, but sounds
> > like a Boeing 737 is parked 2.5m from my head.
> >
> > So, what's important to you? Speed or silence?
> >
>
>
> >
> > Try 3W, not 30W.
> >
> >
> >>But I'm just wondering if this is a little too good to be true. Can I really
> >>get a reasonably functional machine from these machines?
> >
> >
> > The primary design goal of these x86 CPUs is low power usage. In
> > fact, they just released a *passively cooled* 733MHz CPU.
> >
> > To obtain this goal, though, the sacrificed speed. Floating point
> > execution is particularly dreadful. So, you won't be playing any
> > 1st person shooters...
> >
>
> Maybe not first person shooters, but the dynamic content on webpages (java
> applets and macromedia) is desired by many of my subjects..er.. I mean
> users... and I wouldn't want that to suffer.
>
> My other application is primarily as a web/email server with some cool web
> stuff. I'm thinking the core software elements would be postfix,
> spamassassin (spamd/spamc), procmail, postgresql, html::Mason, PHP,
> squirrelmail... All along that thread of a low volume (unless I get
> slashdotted) web/mail server for home use and to play with while I figure out
> more cool things to do with web pages and email.
>
> Currently I am using an Athlon K7 (700MHz) with 768MB RAM and a 20GB HDD for
> my web/email server. This is very sufficient for anything that I've been
> doing to date (which isn't much) and would be tickled pink if I could get a
> Via machine that would be able to perform as a server with the same performance.
>
> What are my chances?
Well, you could get a slow C3 (the Via CPU in question), 64MB RAM,
nVIDIA Riva TNT, bootable NIC, minimal X, put your K7 in the closet,
network the 2 machines, and run tightvnc, so that the heavy lifting
is done by the box in the closet, where it's kept quiet.
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Jefferson, LA USA
"...always eager to extend a friendly claw"
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