Re: A case for Dual System Cabinets

Robert Redelmeier wrote:

>I used to be very concerned about integrated graphics spoiling
>desktop performance by stealing bandwidth.  Then I tested my
>new Xmas present:  2.44 GB/s increases to 2.50 with a separate
>vidcard.  Round-trip latency goes from 82 to 81ns.  I'm very
>underwhelmed and doubt I'll buy a vidcard for it.

Reminds of of when I was made fun of because I didn't really care that
the new motherboard that I was considering didn't have the new
Ethernet controller that didn't "steal bandwidth" from the PCI bus.  

I asked, "What is the PCI bus for?  To sit there looking pretty or to
provide bandwidth to devices that need it?" and "How much of my PCI
bandwidth is my Ethernet connection, usually limited by a ~1Mb/s
Internet connection, using-up anyway?"