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I would have a Barcelona review up but AMD didn't come through this last |
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time on review samples. It is important to keep in mind that 32-bit |
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Windows performance is a big difference than 64-bit Linux performance. |
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Keep this in mind when looking at 99% of the reviews out there. |
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Thanks, |
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Kris Kersey (Augustus) |
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LinuxHardware.org Site Manager |
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augustus@×××××××××××××.org |
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Gentoo Linux AMD64 Developer |
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augustus@g.o |
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AIM: Augustus22 |
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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Conway S. Smith wrote: |
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> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:28:01 +0000 (UTC) |
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> "Kris Kersey (Augustus)" <augustus@×××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> Conway, |
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>> |
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>> While it doesn't include Barcelona, you probably would find my review |
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>> on LinuxHardware.org very useful in your decision making process. It |
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>> included the latest Xeon and Opteron processors using Tyan boards. |
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>> Here's the link: |
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>> http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/05/1414204&mode=thread |
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>> If you have any other questions, I'll be happy to help. |
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>> Thanks, |
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>> Kris Kersey (Augustus) |
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>> LinuxHardware.org Site Manager |
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>> augustus@×××××××××××××.org |
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>> Gentoo Linux AMD64 Developer |
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>> augustus@g.o |
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>> AIM: Augustus22 |
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>> |
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> Nice article, thanks Kris! I'm about to hit the sack (I work nights), |
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> so I've mostly just skimmed the performance section, and I'm rather |
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> pleasantly surprised. |
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> The Opterons are looking a lot better there than some of the other |
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> reviews I've been reading. The impression I've had was that in terms |
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> of performance, Intel's had a significant lead since the Conroe came |
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> out; although AMD's Barcelona is starting to close the gap (although I |
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> had the impression Intel's Clovertown still leads). |
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> Thanks, |
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> Conway S. Smith |
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