Re: performance of dual core processors for .NET


It's there for C++:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/tour/vs2005_guided_tour/VS2005pro/Smart_Client/CPlusMultiProcessBuilds.htm

It *seems* to be there for C#, but I haven't actually tested it. The "feels
faster" quotient jumped enough on my new box that I assumed that's what it's
doing.

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Chris Mullins, MCSD.NET, MCPD:Enterprise, MVP C#
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"Phil Wilson" <phil.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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But I don't believe VS 2005 does anything (such as build projects in
parallel) to take advantage of multiple processors. It still just builds
one project, then another, then another, all serial with no
multi-threading. The question is about whether you'd get a faster build
with (for example) one 3GHz machine or with a dual 2GHz machine, and it's
my belief that the 3GHz machine would do faster builds because VS doesn't
do any parallel processing to use two processors and use the available
4GHz That's in effect what the OP is asking. Your build process speed
may indeed have increased when you got a new machine, but that's not what
the OP is interested in - it's what CPU configuration is preferable.
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Phil Wilson
[Microsoft MVP Windows Installer]
"Chris Mullins [MVP]" <cmullins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Phil Wilson" <phil.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

[Using a Dual Core box for Visual Studio]

I've been very happy with my dual-core box running Visual Studio. The
build process on my machine has increased dramatically, as Visual Studio
is pretty smart about doing builds.

The solutions I work in have 40 or so projects in them, and build time is
a real issue.

My workstation was an $800 box from Dell - (Dimension C521). It's a dual
core AMD machine with 4GB of memory running Windows XP Pro x64. For the
price, it's a fantastic machine. The on-board video card is able to drive
my 24" LCD (1900x1280), although I think I'm going to go get a dual DVI
card here shortly.

If you were REALLY paranoid about performance, disk I/O is probably the
biggest bottleneck on my system in terms of build time. I've got a
low-end 7200 RPM SATA drive (that came with the machine). Upgrading this
to a SATA raid array, or the new 15k RPM Serial SCSI stuff would be....
fast.

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Chris Mullins, MCSD.NET, MCPD:Enterprise, MVP C#
http://www.coversant.net/blogs/cmullins






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