* Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070910 16:32] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >Palle, > > > >I really haven't kept pace with Intel versus AMD in a while, my > >understanding is that AMD is still the only 64bit game in town. > > > >For a database, the more memory you can get, the better. > > > >I've found many machines with 4 gigs of ram to not be enough to > >get decent performance from a database these days. > > > >I would suggest going with AMD and getting a board that can > >do at least 8GB if not 16 or even 32GB of ram. > > > >Even with what I've been hearing in this thread about a 20% speed > >difference with Intel parts, you will totally be ruined once you > >hit the 4GB barrier on your Intel hardware. > > That's actually not true, intel came out with their first amd64 clone > (which they call "EM64T") something like 3 or 4 years ago. I cannot say > from first hand experience but I have heard that their current > generation is solidly outperforming amd64.
Actually, what I said was true, it was my understanding that was wrong. :) I guess the answer I was trying to say was, go for whatever gives you room for a lot of RAM. -- - Alfred Perlstein _______________________________________________ freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"