With dual core CPUs coming out in the next few months, we're starting to develop our own real world multitasking tests to see if dual core CPUs will really improve performance in those scenarios. So I'm asking you all, let me know what sort of multitasking you all do and we'll do our best to get some of it included in future articles. Either post in the comments or drop me an email.
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Chris - Saturday, April 16, 2005 - link
Firefox.Gaim.
Xchat.
^Always running those.
Sometimes running one or two of these:
VNCviewer
Anjuta
Couple xterms
Thunderbird
My expectation is for my desktop to remain stable (Not need to login) for one full week. I usually shut down on the weekend because I think it's a bit silly to leave it on for 24-72 hours straight without being touched once. Very important that my desktop and the applications on it can run for at least a week at a time without a crash. Except for Gaim and Firefox, I can deal with an occasional crash there I suppose.
Jeff Ginger - Monday, April 4, 2005 - link
Oh yeah - I run Norton and a soft access point at all times too.Jeff Ginger - Monday, April 4, 2005 - link
So I'm running an overclocked P4 with 2 videocards and three displays. The system just reeks of multitasking, even before I expound-Typical tasks include:
Web Design:
Display 1: FTP and file management for web sites
Display 2 (primary): Web page editing (dreamweaver or frontpage) and toolboxes
Display 3: Photoshop, Adobe LiveMotion, or Fireworks
Casual Use:
Display 1: CD burning software (Roxio 10)
Display 2: Web browers (Mozilla or Opera)
Display 3: WinAmp and Trillian windows
Audio Recording and Editing:
Display 1: Cakewalk Sonar
Display 2: Sony Sound Forge
Display 3: Volume control, EAX effects, and audioconversion tools (Cheetah converter or CDex)
Email, online homework and writing papers:
Display 1: Web browser (Mozilla or Opera or IE)
Display 2: MS Word, Excell, Power Point or Email windows
Display 3: WinAmp and Trillian windows again
Programming and Web Development:
Display 1: Web Browsers and Visual Studio.NET tool boxes
Display 2: Visual Studio.NET
Display 3: Visual Studio tool boxes, WinAmp
Gaming:
Nothing but display 2 with WinAmp, FRAPS, and whatever game I'm playing... maybe temperature probe stuff too.
SocrPlyr - Monday, April 4, 2005 - link
#60you are explaining exactly what i was trying to get at in my previous post(#36) It isn't really about the blanket speed, it is more about the responsiveness of the system to be able to actually multitask, which isn't always possible w/ single core systems.
Josh
DMZ - Monday, April 4, 2005 - link
In Linux:Web, MySQL, and SSH serving while doing generic web browsing / office stuff, and sometimes while playing UT2004 OR burning discs. I'll usually have a music player going (xmms, rbox), too.
In Windows:
Playing games (heavy 3D) while using DirectConnect to grab and serve Linux ISOs. I also have some random system applets going as well (Logitech Bluetooth, nVidia, etc.). No anti-virus, though.
I actually don't burn stuff while playing games, mostly because the consquences of failure are the worst.
If I may make a request: I'd like to see benchmarks of the Xen Hypervisor when Pacifica / VT finally comes into play next year - I'm holding off on all upgrades because I _really_ want to see if it's the magic bullet to fix my dual boot solution.
-DMZ
blwest - Monday, April 4, 2005 - link
I run dual monitors, so it seems like I always have a lot going on:AutoCad 200x
Photoshop
I run linux in a VMware session.
iTunes, playing music
AIM
Firefox w/10 tabs +/-
Outlook
Putty
dubb - Monday, April 4, 2005 - link
I agree- it looks like alot of you are exagerating a bit.my most noticable speedup from running a dual 2.6 xeon over the old 3.2 P4 (aside from render times) is its ability to open several programs and stay responsive. For example, mostly I work in autocad and rhino, and then when things get close to being ready to go into presentation mode, fire up photoshop, illustrator, and indesign all at the same time. On the p4 I'd have to take a bathroom break, on the xeons I can keep working. Or generate a PDF from indesign and start the next thing in illustrator or photoshop.
Phlargo - Monday, April 4, 2005 - link
Typical Multitasking ScenariosDesktop
Updating an access database
Writing a DVD
Running 6 uploads on DC++ (I think this is very important because it really stresses my hard drives)
Playing a movie or music in WinAmp or WMP10
Chatting on AIM
One of the biggest things I'd like to see is gaming while running something like DC++ in the background - tons of people are downloading files while playing their games and it severely affects performance.
Notebook:
Webbrowsing multiple tabs
Writing in MS Word
Virusscan or Updates
Paying attention to my professors ;)
This is a great idea - find out what people actually do, then test it. Perfect.