zero0w Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 Just to note that while Reiser4 could be a 50% speed improvement over Reiser3, it also requires more CPU cycle (over 40%, last time I read) to use it. There is a trade off here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxiscool Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 zero0w, where did you hear that from? Ah well, with my dual Opteron box that im getting in about a month, it should work just fine :D. Im slightly worried though, will that slow down my 650MHz computer very much? I would still really like to use Reiser4 (gaming will be so much better :D ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dydige Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 Ah well, with my dual Opteron box that im getting in about a month, it should work just fine :D. That wasn't nice *drool* :lol: I've heard that your box was delayed :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero0w Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 zero0w, where did you hear that from? You made me go re-check it, and sorry I was mistaken :P , the CPU cycle time consumed was 30%, not as high as 40%. Someone has done an extensive FS comparison using Kernel 2.6.0-test2, which you can find it here: http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/715 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxiscool Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 Ah well, with my dual Opteron box that im getting in about a month, it should work just fine :D.I've heard that your box was delayed :) Ah damn, that 2GB of RAM aswell? :wink: (btw im building it myself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 Ah well, with my dual Opteron box that im getting in about a month, it should work just fine :D. Now, this is a quote that makes people really really envious.. a dual opteron? What are you going to use it for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 He is obviously assisting NASA with shuttle flights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxiscool Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Now, this is a quote that makes people really really envious.. a dual opteron? What are you going to use it for? To be honest, i really haven't figured that out yet, but i am wanting something that will last for quite a while (Because of TCPA and Palladium). umm, maybe gaming :wink: . And if i can learn how to use Blender, maybe some nice 3D rendering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Well, you know, I tried that once. I bought a brand spanking new 90MHz pentium back in '94 with top of the line scsi system and video card. It had a 520MB hard drive and it cost a fortune. I thought this should last a while. It started showing its age after three years and after the fourth year it was obsolete. I now believe that it is better to spend half the price and get 80% of the performance and upgrade more often (not a complete new system, just what needs upgrading). I think this is cheaper in the long run and you probably wont miss the missing 20% in performance. Halfway through the life of a top of the line model your performance will be only 60% of a newer top of the line model (or 20% less than the half price system) anyway. Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 It started showing its age after three years and after the fourth year it was obsolete. 3-4years not at all bad for a PC. Personnally the last new PC I had was a 200MMX, this has evolved in a series of small steps to what it is now (1.3GHz Athlon). Components being replaced whenever there was a really good special offer. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero0w Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Components being replaced whenever there was a really good special offer. :) This is my approach to hardware upgrade too. Sometimes I can get a cheaper display card in the second hand market (well nowadays most hardware are much cheaper so resort to second hand market is not very often). Most of my current PC configurations are 3 year-old now but they still runs great on Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxiscool Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 As i said "Because of TCPA and Palladium" I will not want to buy new hardware when Fritz chips have started being used For more Info: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 It started showing its age after three years and after the fourth year it was obsolete. 3-4years not at all bad for a PC. Personnally the last new PC I had was a 200MMX, this has evolved in a series of small steps to what it is now (1.3GHz Athlon). Components being replaced whenever there was a really good special offer. :) It is bad considering I paid about $6000CDN for the system. I could probably have gotten a system that was almost as good for about $3000. Up until that point my systems have lasted for about 6-7 years at a time. Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 As i said "Because of TCPA and Palladium" I will not want to buy new hardware when Fritz chips have started being used For more Info: www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html Well, that may or may not happen and it certainly wont appear overnight. I'm sure you'll have plenty of warning and lots of time to get a new motherboard at that point in time (if it ever happens). It will be a gradual introduction at best and there will be losts of inventory to get rid of. Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 He is obviously assisting NASA with shuttle flights! Last time I looked Shuttle's were still using 486's for the FCS. This only changed with hubble since NASA had by this time given their mandatory 4 years test period for the 486 architecture. See http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/Dai...bble991204.html Don't know what theyre using now but I doubt they've progressed much. Most of their technology is pretty old by IT standards. At the time (Dec 1993) there were pictures showing a pentium laptop whuich was used for video feeds stuck to the flightdeck with tape becuase the shuttles onboard 486 couldn't cope with the video feeds. No wonder theyre underfunded, it must cost a fortune sourcing those old ISA boards and 72 pins SIMMS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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