Compilation: SunOne any faster than Forte 6U2?

Hi,
We have Forte C++ 6 update 2 and find compilation is very slow (7-90 seconds per file) compared to the NT platform (second per file). Is the new version (SunOne) any better?
Patrick

I am using a SUN Fireblade 100 with a single 450 MHZ processor and 1GB RAM. What worries me is that on the thread 'Re: Build/Complie times extremely slow...' from February 2002 mentions that a Wintel box will significantly outperform an ultrasparc (see that thread for details).
Yes, pch is turned on on windows.
We use Boost.build (a jam derivative) as our make tool.
Running CC with -xtime shows that the compilation process is mainly cpu bound.
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