Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:20:18 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions? Message-ID: <3992E452.76F59D2B@wmptl.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008092239250.54797-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
> I want to upgrade my Dual-Celeron machine to a Dual-?? and haven't got a
> clue which way to go ... AMD vs Intel ...
>
> AMD is cheaper but I've been 'Intel' since I started with computers
> ... any drawbacks as far as SMP under FreeBSD? benefits?
>
> if I throw cost away, are the Intel's still the better choice for a Unix
> environment? I heard somehwere that AMD was great for gamers ... but what
> about "real work"?
>
> Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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Dual Athlon based systems are not available (yet). I'd still reccomend
you go with AMD though. I find that if you spend the extra money that
you would have spent on the CPU's/Mainboard to be running Intel on more
Ram/better Disks/etc, that you can generally build a better system. I've
got a dual PIII 500mhz machine with 768megs of ram, and to be completely
honest with you I find almost no difference in processing speed to that
of the 800mhz Athlon system I run at home. Both are running the same
release of FreeBSD (4.0-STABLE). The Athlon has only got 256megs of RAM,
but I never end up using all of it anyhow.
I know this is a little hipocritical in that I actually used a dual
PIII system myself, but I tell you looking back I'd have MUCH rather
spent the money on some faster hardrives than the CPU's. I'd stick with
AMD, (in fact I have been now for quite a while), on any new box. I've
setup somewhere between 30 and 40 AMD K62-500mhz machines to run as
FreeBSD servers by now, and have never regretted doing so. The CPU's
were cheap enough that I could usually double the ram or storage
capacity for the same price as using an Intel CPU would have been.
--
Nathan Vidican
webmaster@wmptl.com
Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd.
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