First Post...And Question about CPU Power
Posted: Wed 11 Nov, 2020 3:32 am
New forum user, but longtime lurker. Happy to report great success with PCem so far. Lots to learn, but already finding it to be a productive prog. Almost as much fun as QEMU's latest old-Mac support. YAY!
So, when you're new, you have to think about your first post. It sets the tone for your future recognition as a fleek nerd or that lame-AF noob that got banned. Not knowing for sure which category I might land in, here is my short list of 'first questions' I thought about asking...
* When can we expect full emulation capabilities for the Zhaoxin processor?
* Why is there no ROM emulation of ENIAC?
* When can we expect full emulation of a Windows ME environment with 64GB of RAM?
* What, no 8" floppy drive emulation?
* Why can't I emulate a Prescott CPU at 100% with my VIA C3?
* Will you emulator for the VooDoo 5 support AMIGA?
* Will you allow me to link to my collection of SCSI ROMs I downloaded from roasted-penguin-spleen.com?
Instead, to make a good first impression on the assumption I might need help at some point and don't want to burn too many bridges, I ask the following:
Intel claims I will be the proud owner of a Pentium G6600 by mid-December. This processor's stock speed is 4.2 GHz, with two cores / four threads. If the purpose of the CPU is for the sole use of PCem, and I envision less emphasis on a VooDoo emulation:
* Will an i-series processor gain any additional advantage in the emulation process, even if the stock speed is less than the G6600's 4.2 GHz?
* Will anything within the i-series architecture that is superior to the G6600's architecture improve the emulation process?
* Would RAM speed play any role in the improvement of emulation performance?
* Would running the entire PCem environment in a RAMDrive provide PCem with any performance enhancements beyond the pure I/O increase?
* Is a hyper-threaded "core" less effective as an emulator engine than a physical "core"?
The idea here is to find the best place to funnel money into the project. If raw GHz is the one and only true dictator of performance...the G6600 is one of the fastest CPUs, period. But if the all the other things that make an i-series an i-series processor, or even a Skylake-X for that matter, will bring even more emulation capability, that might be worth considering.
The reason? This will be running off-grid, so the 4.2 GHz potential from only 58 watts is intriguing.
Thank you!
-Me
So, when you're new, you have to think about your first post. It sets the tone for your future recognition as a fleek nerd or that lame-AF noob that got banned. Not knowing for sure which category I might land in, here is my short list of 'first questions' I thought about asking...
* When can we expect full emulation capabilities for the Zhaoxin processor?
* Why is there no ROM emulation of ENIAC?
* When can we expect full emulation of a Windows ME environment with 64GB of RAM?
* What, no 8" floppy drive emulation?
* Why can't I emulate a Prescott CPU at 100% with my VIA C3?
* Will you emulator for the VooDoo 5 support AMIGA?
* Will you allow me to link to my collection of SCSI ROMs I downloaded from roasted-penguin-spleen.com?
Instead, to make a good first impression on the assumption I might need help at some point and don't want to burn too many bridges, I ask the following:
Intel claims I will be the proud owner of a Pentium G6600 by mid-December. This processor's stock speed is 4.2 GHz, with two cores / four threads. If the purpose of the CPU is for the sole use of PCem, and I envision less emphasis on a VooDoo emulation:
* Will an i-series processor gain any additional advantage in the emulation process, even if the stock speed is less than the G6600's 4.2 GHz?
* Will anything within the i-series architecture that is superior to the G6600's architecture improve the emulation process?
* Would RAM speed play any role in the improvement of emulation performance?
* Would running the entire PCem environment in a RAMDrive provide PCem with any performance enhancements beyond the pure I/O increase?
* Is a hyper-threaded "core" less effective as an emulator engine than a physical "core"?
The idea here is to find the best place to funnel money into the project. If raw GHz is the one and only true dictator of performance...the G6600 is one of the fastest CPUs, period. But if the all the other things that make an i-series an i-series processor, or even a Skylake-X for that matter, will bring even more emulation capability, that might be worth considering.
The reason? This will be running off-grid, so the 4.2 GHz potential from only 58 watts is intriguing.
Thank you!
-Me