Hi, > It does not look like this new kernel is using everything the Athlon has to > offer. It there another linux-image we can use that will use all the AMD > Athlon has to offer? Don't bother, really. Userland is compiled against i486 too, and this is where usually most (>95%) of cycles are spent. After all, K7 kernels are still compiled with i686 instruction set. - Clemens