Visual Studio, Adobe products, and the usual MS apps we all love/hate.
I do run CF Server on it for testing but not as an actual "server".
The good news on price is I have a wholesale account so I don't have
to pay retail prices for the parts to build the new monster.
>From what I can tell, it might be my best option to go with dual
processors since I am normally running Dreamweaver MX, Adobe
Photoshop, and Outlook at minimum.
Still looking at all options though and greatly appreciate everyone's
feedback!!!
Donna
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 07:10:30 -0500, Mark W. Breneman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HT will not make a large difference in most stuff that you do on your
> desktop. Keep in mind the theory behind HT. In a very simplified nut shell
> you take one CPU and make it two logical CPUs.(more or less) So it will not
> make a 3Ghz CPU any faster then a 3Ghz CPU. Where you do see a difference is
> everything seems to respond just a little quicker due to there are twice as
> many logical CPUs to service CPU requests. This can be seen when windows
> starts up the lag between seeing your desktop icons and windows being
> useable is much shorter with HT.
>
>
> I had a problem with some apps crashing (Norton anti-SPAM) with HT on. To be
> fair to NAS it would crash weekly anyway, with HT on it would crash daily.
>
>
> Donna, are you replacing a desktop or a server? If you are replacing a
> desktop I would not go with a dual CPU. Unless you have some mad money just
> sitting around. Your desk top apps are more then likely not written to take
> advantage of dual CPUs.
>
> Mark W. Breneman
> -Cold Fusion Developer
> -Network Administrator
> Vivid Media
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.vividmedia.com <http://www.vividmedia.com/>
> 608.270.9770
>
> _____
>
> From: Donna French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 7:32 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Intel HyperThreading
>
>
>
> Thanks Jim,
>
> I am now considering dual processors - just not sure and want to get
> as much feedback as possible before diving into putting the new system
> together. I am hoping to order parts Thursday and build this weekend.
>
> If anyone has ANY comments on their system and what kind of
> performance you get please feel free to post - or email me off list.
>
> Thanks again,
> Donna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:04:07 -0400
> Subject: RE: Intel HyperThreading
> To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I like it - it definitely improves performance response time when using
> multiple applications. But really only for those applications tuned to
> multi-processor performance to begin with.
>
> CF won't benefit nearly as much as it will from dual CPUs (a dual PIII 1000
> would I think give a single P4 3Gh HT at least a run for it's money if not
> beat it outright under load - and probably costs about the same), but it
> will definitely benefit. My workstation is a P4 3.06 GHz with HT enabled
> and my development server is a Dual PIII 1000 (running at 1100).
>
> This doesn't really have anything to do with memory however - just
> performance. HT won't do anything to help a memory hog - only more memory
> will do that. If it's a choice for CF always go with with more memory
> rather than a faster processor (in general).
>
> Jim Davis
>
> From: Donna French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:20 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: OT: Intel HyperThreading
>
> Okay - I fried my motherboard last weekend and have decided to build a
> new system instead of replacing the old one. I've been running a
> 950MHz with 1 Gig of RAM for a WHILE now, and I am READY for some
> speed now.
>
> I had in mind to build a P4 3.0GHz and have been looking at the
> HyperThreading technology. Heard it's great for memory hawgs like CFMX
> and the like.
>
> Anyone else using Intel HT technology? Any comments/suggestions
> welcome.________________________________
> _____________________________________
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