In an earlier response, I included a link to an article I wrote of my
experiences with dual processors. At that time, I ran timing tests of two
applications running at the same time. The variable was use of one or two
CPUs. Also tested was the result of having a higher speed CPU. This was all
done using Windows NT. My testing showed that the dual CPU setup did NOT
improve performance, and was sometimes even marginally slower. On that
basis, I traded my dual CPU setup for a higher speed single CPU.

With newer motherboard designs, the results may be different. Has anyone run
any actual performance tests to see if two CPUs are really better than one?
This is not for server applications where dual CPU is known to be better,
but rather will a desktop station running Win2k pro for example save me any
time in doing my work?

Peter Shkabara
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link to dual cpu article:
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/8342/pnews/pn-apr97.htm
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> This is owing to the fact that, if you have a proper SMP OS
> and you run multiple applications, you can expect to utilize
> both processors as each app. is separately threaded.
>
>   David

  I disagree.

  At one point, I took a look at the Task Manager display on my NT
4.0 Workstation, and found that by the time that Windows was up and
running and ready for me to launch foreground applications, there
were about 40 (!) threads sharing CPU time.

David G

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