John Ryan wrote:
>>1) How well will *non-threaded* applications perform? Will they only
>>get 1/2 the CPU power?
>> - Most of the apps are not threaded, so might I be better off
>> not using the HT capabilities?
>>> this article seems to demonstrate the benefits of specifying the architecture
> to gcc when dealing with HT
>>http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php?story=20040226231747944
Well, there's a finger in the eye of the Gentoo naysayers !
Random quote:
"You'd only get a 5% increase out optimisations like that... ", etc.
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