Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 19:06:36 +0200 From: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rackmount MP AMD boxes? Message-ID: <200505151906.36468.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> In-Reply-To: <42877864.8000001@teamcool.net> References: <m28y2hxitg.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <200505151113.27646.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> <42877864.8000001@teamcool.net>
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El Domingo, 15 de Mayo de 2005 18:27, Ken Gunderson escribi=F3: > Jose M Rodriguez wrote: > > El Domingo, 15 de Mayo de 2005 07:25, gnn@freebsd.org escribi=F3: > >>At Sun, 15 May 2005 12:42:03 +0800, > >> <snip/> > > The dual core support is nice plus. From the pricing I've seen, > however, a single dual core comes in substantially higher than 2 > single core cpu's. But then this is just w/my upstream distributor's > pricing, not shopping the net at large.... Such a strategy offers a > very attractive option;-) > I think this is a little wrong point. a four proc system based on two=20 dual-core cpus in a 2-way motherboard is less expensive than a four=20 proc system based on four cpus in a 4-way one. Also, the dual-core system may use DDR400 an 1000 Hypertransport with=20 near half the power (0.095 core). =2D- josemi
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