[rescue] SMP on intel wasteful?

Big Endian bigendian at mac.com
Mon Jun 24 16:12:14 CDT 2002


>  > i've just upgraded to a dual-195, it's sweet.  multitasking has just gotten
>>  tons faster.  and now i can use mozilla and xmms at the same time. ;)
>>
>>  TRAMs.  ugh.  why do they have to be so damn expensive.  i've also 
>>upgraded my
>>  main display from SI to SSI, so now if i want TRAM on that head 
>>(and i do) it's
>>  going to cost me twice as much.
>>
>>  although at a geometry performance level, BSFlag went from 37FPS to 75FPS.
>>
>>  and i still suck at it.  ;)
>>
>
>Gah!  I though I had the studliest gen-1 Octane here - not anymore :)

My dual 250/ssi is *VERY* nice thank you.

>How's that SSI treating you?  Have you tried the 1600x1200 display
>setting yet?

I tried it, my 20E20 couldn't handle it w/o whining like this x86 troll guy...

>I still suck at BZFag, but it's just too damn much fun.  I'll wager that
>I am the suckiest sucker that ever sucked at BZFlag - good thing I'm
>never out to prove anything.  I hope to find a couple TRAMs after I sell
>this house - if I can convince Karin that money spent on TRAMs is more
>important than money in the bank.  After that, I'll still suck at
>BZFlag, but it'll be damn pretty to look at.  And quake should run
>pretty damn well, too...

I need to get back onto bzflag.  Is your server still up brian?

daniel
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