Steve Harris wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 01:46:48 -0800, al goldstein wrote: > >> I'm curious how much work you get out of your second processor. > > Under JACK the second processor generally gets to do all the non-dsp > work (UIs, disk i/o etc.), so it is quite busy. The main thing for me really is just that I spend so much time compiling code. With a dual processor setup I can either parallelise this (reducing the build time to about 60% of a single-processor time) or just enjoy the fact that the system responds as if the compile wasn't happening. It is a nice thought that something like JACK can ensure it gets all the CPU it needs while a GUI-based application (say) is using the other CPU, but actually I don't have a terribly good feel for how much difference that makes. With the old Celeron machine I probably felt having two CPUs made more difference than it does with the new Athlons, which are quick enough still to make fairly easy work of most of the stuff I do anyway. (The Celeron was not a particularly quick processor even when I built that machine, I just fancied having a cheap dual-processor system. And though not fast, it did feel very responsive.) Chris
