This reminds me of my first dual xeon system. First thing I did was fire up a 32 player dod server running avalanche. I wanted to see how this thing compared to a dual amd system.
It was a dual xeon 2.8 system. It showed the dod server only using 7% of cpu (which really equals 14% of one). I got so excited I nearly shat myself. When the whole box was utilized, however, the usage seemed to change. It got back up to 20-25% or so, like it normally would be. You haven't run your single processor systems at full load yet. The task manager doesn't seem to accurately report cpu usage unless you are close to full utilization. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 12:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [hlds] RE: AMD vs Intel. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- Well to be fair the P4's are all 800FSB, using PC400 ram. Compared to the mp2400's which only run PC2100 ram, and the fsb is 266. Both CPU's are being used, and on my original test both cpu's were at 100% on the dual. I agree that 2 single chip systems compared to a dual, will generally bring more performance (in my case a p4 3ghz and a p4 2.8ghz), but at the moment i have my p4 3ghz outperforming my dual by nearly double in terms of cpu usage. Which just seems odd. I will be doing some more testing this evening to get the p4 under really heavy load and see how the ingame playability differs between the dual and the p4. I will be attempting to get 60+ people on the p4 this eve spread over some big servers, ill report back the results. The 2400's are thoroughbred. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of David Fencik Sent: Wed 28/07/2004 17:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: RE: [hlds] RE: AMD vs Intel. We need to get back to the original focus of this thread. Was the chipset on the amd boards specified? It wouldn't be fair if you were comparing a P4 with DDR 333 to an Athlon mp with DDR 233, would it? I'm just saying that there are other parts of the machine to consider besides the processor speed. Also...2 single processor machines are superior to 1 dual processor machine in overall cpu usage. Mapchange, however, is a different story. This may sound silly, but have you verified that both cpus are being used by the operating system by looking for two processors in the task manager? I am not loyal to either brand. I have both brands of chips and I realize that both intel and amd have made some good and some bad ones. Are your 2400's thoroughbred or barton cores? Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K. Mike Bradley Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [hlds] RE: AMD vs Intel. Each process will only run on separate CPU if you set the apps processor affinity. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maarten van der Zwaart Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 7:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlds] RE: AMD vs Intel. On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:18:11 +0100, Mark Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dumb question but does the software (mods and game) actually support > multi processors????? Yes, meaning they will run on such a system. But each HLDS instance will only run on one processor. Maarten -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds -- [ winmail.dat of type application/ms-tnef deleted ] -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
