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Jason Cooper posted <20051016185208.GC7641@××××××××××.net>, excerpted |
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below, on Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:52:08 -0400: |
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> Now there you go. FFI. Failure to Follow Instructions. :) |
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> Looking at buying a new MB and processor so thought I'd listen in on |
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> amd64 and (possibly) dual-core issues under gentoo. Yes, am reading the |
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> docs also. :) |
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AMD64s do dual-core really well. I'm not running dual-core yet, but I'm |
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running dual 242 Opterons, and the CPU/CPU teaming is better on AMD64, due |
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to the HyperTransport Interconnect, than with typical x86s. Dual-core |
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only increases the cooperative effect. |
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(FWIW, I'm running a Tyan s2885 dual socket 940, dual-core capable tho |
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it's now an older board, AGP and PCI-X, not PCI-Express. It's got four |
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slots for memory associated with each CPU/MMU, with the BIOS able to |
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handle 2G sticks, so a max 16 GB memory. I've been very happy with it |
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since I figured out my gig of PC3200 generic memory wasn't quite good to |
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the rated clock, and declocked it slightly (3000) in the BIOS. I expect |
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I'll stick with the same board, after all it's a $400 board, upgrading |
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memory to at least 8 gig, and possibly upgrading to dual-core CPUs giving |
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me a quad-core system, thru another couple years at least.) |
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A dual-CPU Opteron system has met all my expectations and then some. I'm |
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/very/ satisfied. So... regardless of whether you go single dual-core or |
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dual dual-core, it's a decision I don't believe you'll regret -- as long |
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as you aren't a gamer expecting double the performance from today's |
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single-threaded games. If that's your thing, top-of-the-line single-core |
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is better for your money. Multitasking, however... Running emerges |
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without interrupting or slowing your desktop... dual amd64, whether core |
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or cpu, does GREAT at that! |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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