Okay... _now_ I'm curious. Based on what I've read, the memory in the P4 is 2-3 times faster than that in the P3. Given the same clock rate on both boxes, how can the P4 be slower? -S Ben Kochie wrote: > > bah... some info says that the 1.2ghz tbird is still faster than the 1.5. > > Thank You, > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) <SNIP> > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Steve Siegfried wrote: > > > Ben Kochie wrote: > > > > > > most distributions are 386, or 486 compiled. the Pentium 4 is little more > > > than the PPro architecutre, which the kernel optimizes just fine for.. the > > > only distro that comes with all pentium-optimized (pgcc) binaries, is > > > mandrake, and it shows, i think it's the most unstable distro out there. > > > > > > Thank You, > > > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) > > > > > > > Anyone know what kernel versions do/don't run "native mode" (as opposed > > > > to "i386") on a Pentium 4? > > > > > > > > How about full Linux releases? > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > -S > > > > Yeah, but you gotta admit, 1.5GHz is attractively fast. At roughly $2K > > (base model, w/o monitor) from Dell, that's _still_ 7500Hz/penny. > > > > Memory thruput alone ought to make it scream compared to a same Hz'ed P-III. > > > > -S