Re: C.P.U. suggestions.
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:20:25PM -0700, Chris Wakefield wrote:
> To my dissappointment my 'AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 3800' has
> been a ho-hum experience; don't know if it's the scheduler
> with the default debian compile that seems to effect the
> performance, but it's certainly nothing to write home
> about.
> .....I actually found my original AMD 64 Processor 3200+
> (the one with 1 MiB L2 cache) to be probably the best CPU
> I ever had and I think just as capable as my X2.
>
What software do you run that stresses your current CPU? Do you not get
I/O bound?
How much memory do you need? Intel shares the memory controller with
each CPU whereas AMD gives you a memory controller built into each CPU
(core?).
Doug.
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