Yes I'm sure most people overclock their servers. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Donnie Newlove <donnie.newl...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Q6600 is not a bad CPU. With a bit of luck it can be overclocked a lot > with no stability issues. > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Jeff Sugar <jeffsu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I and some other admins I speak to have the Q6600. It's been a dream for > us > > and the server hasn't even broken a sweat with the multiple servers we > run. > > I'd say "number of tf2 players possible", but we haven't had a problem > even > > with our two tf2 servers entirely full. > > > > -Atreus > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Bruce Potter <gd...@shmoo.com> wrote: > > > >> Howdy, > >> Quick (but I'm sure not simple) question regarding processor choice. > >> I've been running some TF2 servers (and now L4D servers as well) on an > >> AMD-based server with CentOS for a while. Currently have 2 x dual > >> core 2.8GHz previous-gen Opterons in the box. FYI, the machine is on > >> a 100Mbps connection in a datacenter with way more connectivity than > >> that so I'm not at all bandwidth constrained. > >> > >> After much tuning, I'm still not happy with the overall performance. > >> On TF2 every user takes up about 5% CPU on a core. After 12-14 users > >> (depending on the map) I start to use enough CPU (50-80%) that I get > >> nervous about choke and other performance issues. 20 or so would > >> probably be the limit on this hardware. It's not a very popular > >> server so we've never hit the limit. ;) > >> > >> I'm looking at building a second box for more TF2 servers. I've heard > >> anecdotally that Intel systems run SRCDS _much_ better than AMD > >> hardware. At this point I have to believe it b/c while this Opteron > >> system isn't top of the line, it's plenty quick for other purposes > >> I've thrown at the same hardware (database, web, etc). So I'm going > >> to give a run at Intel hardware. > >> > >> The new server I'm building isn't going to be racked, however, so I > >> have some flexibility in hardware options. What I'm trying to assess > >> at this point is the difference in performance between a core 2 duo, > >> an i7, and a xeon proc when it comes to SRCDS. > >> > >> I'm hoping to do a head to head on all these setups in a bit (I've got > >> access to a lot of systems) but I don't have time to test them out > >> right now. Any advice on # of TF2 slots on various hardware ppl have > >> would be very much appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> bruce > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
