Re: AMD or Intel?

I think this is not current information; the new woodcrest
architecture performs mucg better, although this is deduced from
this thread's discussion...

Except this thread has largely glossed over the importance of memory
bandwidth, which is exactly the reason why Opterons have been beating
Xeons for several years. Last I'd heard, things were fairly close
between the two, but that would matter on how many cores and physical
CPUs you have.

It would be good if someone could do a database benchmark for some of
the larger parts.

Like this one??? http://tweakers.net/reviews/657/6

Related links has been mentioned before. Opterons does perform well,
especially compared to the first and second generation xeon's. But
when woodcrest and clowertown were introduced opteron was more or less
left behind. Maby AMD's new barcelona will change the picture.

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regards
Claus

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom,
the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner.

Shakespeare
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