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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:46:30 +0200
From:      Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net>
To:        Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
Cc:        freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AMD or Intel?
Message-ID:  <74611C396F3A6D027B0E8ABA@rambutan.pingpong.net>
In-Reply-To: <46E51D32.5070803@pacific.net.sg>
References:  <E6C9DBADAE3839B380B736D7@rambutan.pingpong.net> <46E51D32.5070803@pacific.net.sg>

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--On m=E5ndag, september 10, 2007 18.32.18 +0800 Erich Dollansky=20
<oceanare@pacific.net.sg> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Palle Girgensohn wrote:
>>
>> Now, I hear rumors that AMD is to be preferred over Intel for
>> performance reasons. Any comments on that? Are we better off getting AMD
>> processors, when running Unix?
>>
> AMD announced today the new quad core. Their benchmarks are promising.
>
> But not the dual core versions.

OK, thanks! But this means they can't deliver very soon, I guess, so I'd=20
better stick to woodcrest if I want to buy something soon.

Thanks for your input!

Palle




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