Re: Dual-core CPU vs. very large cache

David Gilbert wrote:
This isn't random. As I understand the issue, the Opteron HT bus
handles synchronization much faster. So for a game --- this doesn't
matter ... games don't (usually) need sync. Databases, however, live
on synchonizaton. If you're a Dell man (and already paying the Dell
tax), consider the Sun 1U's. They offer up to 4 cores in a 1U.


Sure, the HTT bus is wonderful. Intel will raise the FSB to 1067, but i still think we will see significant performance improvements on the new Core architecture. The Conroe CPU throughly trashes an AMD Athlon-X2 at a "higher" frequency. For those interested:

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2713


As much as i love AMDs cpus, the availability of good server motherboards and chipsets stinks, hopefully that will change when socket AM2 comes out.

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