I have two systems running P4s. One is a P4 2.0ghz, the other is a P4 2.4ghz. The 2.0ghz box usually uses about 30-35% cpu utilization at peak on small maps (dust or aztec for example). On more complicated maps it'll use 40-60% (office, vertigo, cbble). On maps with very wide open spaces (helms_deep, hidenseek) it'll use 100% cpu utilization. I also have an athlon 2100 and the results are very similiar. If you had 3 full 20 man servers you'd probably see a lot of lag. With more complicated maps you couldn't run more than 2 at a time. If you disable VAC you could save a good amount of cpu cycles too.
The P4 2.4ghz does the best, although I can't give you exact specs. I run 3 18-20 man servers on the P4 2.4ghz box and I don't think I've ever hit 100% cpu utilization. When full the servers typically don't use more than 20-25%, although I've seen it in the upper 30's with complex maps. I've never tested something like helms_deep on it though. If it weren't for the more complex maps you could probably fit 4 servers on one of these boxes (as long as you have at least 768MB ram). FYI, here are the operating systems on my boxes. P4 2.4ghz: freebsd 4.7 P4 2.0ghz: redhat 7.2 athlon 2100: redhat 7.2 I'd be very interested to see how a dual athlon mp setup did (with gobs of ram). Justin ----- Original Message ----- From: "john" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:04 AM Subject: [hlds_linux] P4 vs Dual PIII > Hi, > Anyone got experience of P4 processors running cs? Need a new server and > considering moving away from the Dual PIII platform that we are using at > the moment. Would their be any performance difference between servers of > similar spec in respect to CPU MHz? > > Cheers, > > john > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
