On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 06:59 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > * Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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. -- ______________________________ / Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ | Systems Manager, | \ Oxford Supercomputing Centre / ------------------------------- \ ,__, \ (oo)___ (__) )\ ||--|| * -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]