David Fotland: <00a901cb0bdb$9ea46b70$dbed42...@com>: >I like the gateway 2800sx. 4-core core-2 with 4 GB memory for under $500. >The individual >cores are slower, but the total throughput per dollar is better than anything >else I found.
Yah, it's surprisingly cheap. Very sad thing for me is that Gateway Japan doesn't provide that model :(. One thing I'd like to suggest is to add a cheap video card ($20 to $30 is enough) to avoid sharing main memory and its bandwidth, though I have no number of performance improvement in hand. Hideki > >David > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Mathieu Jobin >> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 4:49 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Best hardware for computer go >> >> DL 360 G6 is affordable and quiet >> >> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/15351-15351-3328412-241644- >> 241475-3884319.html >> >> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Darren Cook <[email protected]> wrote: >> > (I changed the subject to match the direction this thread has taken, and >> > to take it a step further.) >> > >> > It sounds like i7 will be superior to Core2 for heavy playouts, but for >> > light playouts the jury is still out? >> > >> > Don wrote: >> >> I think I have a chance to check that out as I'm putting together a dual >> >> motherboard i7 with 8 true cores.... >> > >> > Is this self-build? How much budget do you need to make a fast 8-core >> > machine at the moment? What about 12 or 16-core? >> > >> > And, does anyone know of companies selling workstations with 16 cores? >> > The high-end gaming machines don't go that far. I can find server >> > machines but I'd be paying a premium for reliability and rack-mount and >> > hard-drive slots. And I expect a workstation to be whisper-quiet, >> > whereas machines destined for a data centre can drown out a vacumn cleaner. >> > >> > Darren >> > >> > -- >> > Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer >> > >> > http://dcook.org/gobet/ (Shodan Go Bet - who will win?) >> > http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) >> > http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Computer-go mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double entry accounting. >> - From Shibumi, bestseller by Trevanian >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > >_______________________________________________ >Computer-go mailing list >[email protected] >http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go -- [email protected] (Kato) _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
