>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Jakubik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mike> Steven Hartland wrote: >> Forget Intel and go for AMD who beat them hands down for DB work: >> http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2745 Mike> It will be interesting to see how Intels new CPUs (Conroe, Mike> Woodcrest, etc) will perform. From initial gaming benchmarks, Mike> they seems to outperform the current AMD offerings. But for Mike> current technology i agree, go for an Opteron system. This isn't random. As I understand the issue, the Opteron HT bus handles synchronization much faster. So for a game --- this doesn't matter ... games don't (usually) need sync. Databases, however, live on synchonizaton. If you're a Dell man (and already paying the Dell tax), consider the Sun 1U's. They offer up to 4 cores in a 1U. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can be | |Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================ _______________________________________________ freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
