Is it worthy
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26 Mar 2015 07:07 #57196
by allenwg2005
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Can anyone tell me if this PC is worth a hoot to run a distro / version of Linuxcnc?
Dell Dimension 4700c
3ghz proccessror Pentium 4
512 RAM
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Dell Dimension 4700c
3ghz proccessror Pentium 4
512 RAM
Thanks
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26 Mar 2015 20:22 #57208
by andypugh
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Latency-Test
Shows other Dell Dimensions and other P4 CPUs doing well.
A bit more RAM wouldn't hurt, and should be cheap.
Replied by andypugh on topic Is it worthy
Can anyone tell me if this PC is worth a hoot to run a distro / version of Linuxcnc?
Dell Dimension 4700c
3ghz proccessror Pentium 4
512 RAM
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Latency-Test
Shows other Dell Dimensions and other P4 CPUs doing well.
A bit more RAM wouldn't hurt, and should be cheap.
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26 Mar 2015 21:42 #57217
by ArcEye
However be aware that the figures in the wiki were probably running Ubuntu 8 based distro, the last UP rtai kernel.
The figures running Ubuntu 10.04 or Wheezy are liable to be a lot higher.
I still have P4s in the workshop and get 9K max jitter using Wheezy,
but only because I built a custom UP rtai kernel for them and fitted AGP graphics cards to take the video load off the processor.
As Andy said, you would certainly benefit from upping the RAM to 1GB
regards
Replied by ArcEye on topic Is it worthy
Can anyone tell me if this PC is worth a hoot to run a distro / version of Linuxcnc?
Dell Dimension 4700c
3ghz proccessror Pentium 4
512 RAM
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Latency-Test
Shows other Dell Dimensions and other P4 CPUs doing well.
A bit more RAM wouldn't hurt, and should be cheap.
However be aware that the figures in the wiki were probably running Ubuntu 8 based distro, the last UP rtai kernel.
The figures running Ubuntu 10.04 or Wheezy are liable to be a lot higher.
I still have P4s in the workshop and get 9K max jitter using Wheezy,
but only because I built a custom UP rtai kernel for them and fitted AGP graphics cards to take the video load off the processor.
As Andy said, you would certainly benefit from upping the RAM to 1GB
regards
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