Ibex on a PIII?

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/10/29 Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de>:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> 2008/10/29 Nigel Ridley <nigel at prayingforisrael.net>:
>>> I've got this oldish PIII 650Mhz with 678 MB ram (3x256) -- will it run Intrepid Ibex OK
>>> (obviously without all the 'Desktop Effects')?
>>>
>>> Blessings,
>>>
>>> Nigel
>>>
>>
>> I have installed Kubuntu Hardy on a 1.4Hz P4 machine with 512MB RAM
>> and it ran well. Memory seemed to be the bottleneck, not CPU.  Your
>> case is a bit more extreme, though, and I don't think that you will be
>> able to run OOo or Firefox with many extensions. Try it and let us
>> know how goes it.
>>
> I do not get that. When RAM is the bottleneck, 768 MB (3x 256) will be
> 50% better than 512. ;-)
>

That means that I would have preferred a machine with more RAM and
less CPU, like his machine has.

> And indeed Linux responds far better to more RAM than to more CPU Mhz.
>
> I for one would way prefer the 768MB/650Mhz (possibly extended to 4x
> 256) over a 1.4Ghz, restricted to 512MB.
>
> With a 1,4Ghz machine, beefed up to more RAM, this is an entirely
> different matter.
>


In any case, there are other important differences between P3 and P4
besides speed. Take the L-* cache for instance. Measured in kilobytes
on the P3.


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