I read AnandTech. And many other reviews by now. But since I've been
out of hardware buying venture for a long time, I figured I'd read up
on the specs directly from the manufacturers' websites first and then
the reviews. I can't say I am handy with different relationships
between front size bus
I was under the impression that the Opterons didn't have the same type
of a NorthBridge bottleneck that Intel processors experience and were
thus quite a bit more efficient in the way they integrate with RAM and
themselves!... In fact, from reading the numbers posted on the AMD
website comparing
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:27:08 -0400
- - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> This is the first time I heard of intel compilers and I am using dual
> 3.2GHz irwindales with 1 mb cache each and 2 GB of ram. Is there any
> advantage
> to using these compilers over GCC? What performance gain can I expect
After a google search, it seems like the ICC compiler compiles faster
and runs certain programs better. Gentoo has a package, can anyone say
if the ICC compiler has any issues compiling common packages such as
the gentoo base packages, gnome, or kde?
On 9/12/05, Bob Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Intel's compiler fairly cheap - approx. $600. Free for
non-commericalhome use.
This is the first time I heard of intel compilers and I am using dual
3.2 GHz irwindales with 1 mb cache each and 2 GB of ram. Is there
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Denis wrote:
> So basically... I would pretty much be buying an already outdated
> technology if I were to purchase a dual Xeon or a dual Opteron system
> now?
One could say that about any technology you buy ;-)
> I guess the other advantage is that a good dual Xeon system
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:47:11 -0500
Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess the other advantage is that a good dual Xeon system with 4GB
> RAM will run me around $3000, whereas a dual Opteron (with dual core)
> system with 4GB RAM will run me more like $4300. If the Opterons are
> currently at
Ok, I felt compelled to find more info on the issue that Bob raised
with the memory bandwidth limitation on the Opterons, and here is an
excerpt from an article on anandtech.com on this issue:
"The one limitation that both AMD and Intel have is bandwidth. In
order to maintain compatibility with p
Bob,
Thanks for that detailed write-up. I don't pretend to have any
understanding of the architecture of the new dual-core Opterons, but I
did want to clarify a couple things...
I was under the impression that the Opterons didn't have the same type
of a NorthBridge bottleneck that Intel process
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:40:24 -0500
Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With my need for parallel execution of several single-thread Monte
> Carlo and Finite Element tasks, what would be the pros and cons in
> considering the Xeons and Opterons?
> i
Xeons - massive memory bandwidth. Really can't
I was leaning toward the Opterons myself.
While we're on the topic of hardware, has anyone here used Tyan S2895
Thunder K8WE? I understand it's an NVIDIA-based high-end board that
supports dual Opterons. I've always liked Tyan's products, as well as
NVIDIA's, so I would be happy with such a choi
On Monday 12 September 2005 15:40, Denis wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I am currently running Gentoo on a dual-processor machine that has 2
> Intel Xeons with hyperthreading on a Tyan board, with 2GB of RDRAM.
> Some 3 years ago when I bought this machine, it was a marvel, and it
> still is a solid computati
On Monday 12 September 2005 21:40, Denis wrote:
> With my need for parallel execution of several single-thread Monte
> Carlo and Finite Element tasks, what would be the pros and cons in
> considering the Xeons and Opterons?
Opterons everytime.
Under certain circumstances HT can make the CPU *slowe
Folks,
I am currently running Gentoo on a dual-processor machine that has 2
Intel Xeons with hyperthreading on a Tyan board, with 2GB of RDRAM.
Some 3 years ago when I bought this machine, it was a marvel, and it
still is a solid computational workhorse for me, doing things like
Monte Carlo and F
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