Mark C. Langston wrote: > Oh, come now. Are you claiming that the x86 instruction set has been > optimized for an operating system? That's like claiming that LEGOs > are optimized for a particular model AMD's benchmark resources webpage - note the reference to Windows for the benchmarks. How come they don't use linux or FreeBSD, which both have better tools than Windows for establishing processor performance data?: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_863_1972,00.html -- Chris Olson Network Administrator AST Communications, Inc. Linux Support http://linux.astcomm.net Barron, WI USA