On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 06:59 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> * Jo Shields <jo.shields@oerc.ox.ac.uk> [2007-08-20 08:48:57 +0100]:
>
> > On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 22:10 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm asking on this list since my box is an Athlon64 running amd64 and I
> > > don't know if, for example, there are fewer choices of free drivers for
> > > amd64.
> >
> > Free XvMC support is offered by Intel onboard graphics (which would
> > require moving to a superior core2-based system), ...
>
> Why is a Core 2 system superior? Just a few highlights, please.
>
> (Not trying to start a war, I've just never found a good succinct
> summary, and I'm very happy with this AMG64.)
In short? AMD64 gives you 2GFLOPS per core per GHz. Core2 gives double
that. It's a significantly faster floating point chip, albeit with
significantly worse memory bandwidth.
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