Re: Athlon XP and Debian
On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 11:14:12AM -0800, Tom Penharston wrote:
> I'm building a very affordable Agnula/DeMuDi machine. I based my
> choices roughtly on recommendations from the Agnula website:
> http://www.agnula.org/Members/charles/hardware/view
>
> The page suggested the Asus A7N8 Delta, and I ended up with the
> A7N8x-E. I just need to get an Athlon XP CPU. Here are some exelent
> benchmarks for Athlon XP CPUs, unfortunately the tests are restricted
> to Windows XP:
> http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030513/athlon_xp-22.html
>
> Obviously it would be convient to find some Debian benchmarks for
> Athlon. If not Debian, any Linux kernel benchmarks would be
> apprciated. Please direct me to any helpful sites.
>
> All Athlon XP CPUs are relatively affordable in 2005, so you might be
> wondering why I don't simply get the "3200". Well, for one, Tom's
> Hardware says that the Athlon XPs turn into paper tigers at the top of
> the line. (The performance increase is marginal.) Secondly, I noticed
> that the 3200 disapates a lot of heat. This is an audio machine, so
> I'd be happy with a lesser CPU if I could run cooler and quiter.
I'd suggest a mobile 2500+ or similar, then. They run stock at lower
voltages, less heat. Nice processor.
Kenward
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