tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org writes: > Ok ... I have finally finished the simple comparison on different = > kernels and computational speed. > > I ran a commercial code that required memory (lots of matrix solutions) = > and large amounts of CPU times. Recall that I previously posted the = > times, stating I was disappointed in the speedup from a PIII 700 MHz. = > The results are listed below. The AMD machine was dedicated to this = > problem - nothing else was running at the time. > > PIII 700 MHz (dual CPU - only 1 used for solution) 96,370 secs > - Win2000 > > AMD XP 2100+ (single CPU) 686 kernel (?) 65,039 secs > AMD XP 2100+ (single CPU) Athlon kernel 63,411 secs > - Linux RH7.2 > > No real improvement in performance. I must say I am disappointed in the = > speedup. Um, if you're crunching numbers, the kernel shouldn't be interacting very much. Where kernel comes in is if you're losing speed to time-sharing, process swap overhead, paging, or maybe I/O. Seems to me you wouldn't be hitting any of those things, so I guess I'm surprised you're seeing as *much* as you did. (Without knowing what your algorithm or data set is... nothing better than being unencumbered by facts!) -- "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." -- Anonymous