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Current Processors Tested With Linux

Posted by timothy on from the yup-these-chips-work-too-how-odd dept.

Happy-Jollies writes "The team at LinuxHardware.org have kept us up-to-date on the latest in processors for quite some time now and they're at it again. With the latest release of the Pentium 4 'Prescott,' many Linux users will be deciding where to spend their money. LinuxHardware.org's round-up takes a look at the Prescott, Northwood, Extreme Edition, and the AMD Athlon 64."

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  1. Let's check by mckwant · · Score: 3, Funny

    -sound of high powered, yet extremely fine lathe-

    one, two, three...

    I'll be back.

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  2. You know what they say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Intel inside. Idiot outside.

    1. Re:You know what they say by no+longer+myself · · Score: 3, Funny

      Intel Inside <- It's a warning label.

  3. Re:Apples compared to oranges. by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, the problem, as the first poster noted, was that they didn't test any Apples at all!

  4. Re:still not biting by Patik · · Score: 4, Funny
    When will we really _need_ 64bits on the desktop? I don't see it for another 2 years.
    Shhh, don't give away our secret. Keep telling people they need it so they'll buy it now, then in two years they'll be stable and cheap.
  5. Re:Yet Another... by Loki_1929 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The chip with the largest cache won. Hands down, no contest."

    You make it sound as though cache is the primary factor in CPU performance.

    That's... absurd.

    Also, the statement is non-sequitur. The Athlon64 3400+ has more L1+L2 cache than the P4 Prescott or the P4 3.2 Northwood, and I believe also the P4EE (Gallatin). The P4EE has 2MB of L3 cache. There was no discernable "winner". There were only a handfull of chips tested. The AthlonFX wasn't amoung them. There were only a handfull of benchmarks. This is an example of a very small sample of a very small sample using a very small sample. Thus, the margin of error for the overall results is so extreme as to virtually negate the purpose of testing in the first place.

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  6. All the same... by Kjella · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suggest you try both methods, and report back to us. If you can find a significant difference in the results, do tell (read: nada in either case).

    Kjella

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  7. Re:WHAT MONEY?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I live with my girlfriend and 1 year old baby

    Sinner.

  8. Re:WHAT MONEY?!? by Halthar · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're all a bunch of 16-year olds with long hair

    Hey, I am 17, but I do have long hair.

    Mountain Dew can marks embedded in their chin

    Does Code Red still count as Mountain Dew?

    living at home with mommy and daddy

    Now this one is just plain wrong. It's a finished basement apartment. At least that is what Mommy calls it.

    no job

    Now, now, some of us mow lawns in the summer.

    never had a date

    Who needs a date? I saved up using my lawn job and got a RealDoll(TM)!

    eyes more bloodshot from lack of sleep than Robert Downey Jr. after a weekend binge

    Okie, so ya got me on this one.

    who enjoy puzzles based on multi-dimensional quantum chromodynamics

    I prefer building proteins with Legos, but to each their own.

    giving away all their hard work FOR FREE!

    I get 8 an hour for mowing lawns, wrong again.

    WHAT F'ING MONEY?!?

    Got me again, I spent all my mow money on the RealDoll(TM). She was worth it though.

    Note: The above is not an accurate representation of reality.

  9. Article's author is creative, at least by ColonelPanic · · Score: 2, Funny

    I laughed for minutes when I read "Without further adieu" in the article. What a wonderful new way to announce I'm a total illiterate and blissfully unaware of it!

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  10. Re:Selling? Me too! by scotch · · Score: 2, Funny

    You said "boxen". I hereby lower my previous bid to $2.75.

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  11. OT: your sig. by MrHanky · · Score: 2, Funny
    Support my campaign to add "Improbable" to the mod options in memoriam Douglas N Adams

    I support that. But should it be positive, negative, random or neutral?