Hey Guys, Thanks to everyone for their comments so far. From what I gather it just seems pretty risky to move to either a dual Xeon or dual Opteron system based on what you guys are saying. There are just so many factors that have to be considered, and I appreciate all the input so far.
I did come across the article where Valve commented on the 30% increase in HLDS performance on the Opteron clock-for-clock, but ultimately there hasn't been any real benchmarks released that support these claims. Even a hint of what kind of setup they used, hardware, distro, kernel, and similar things would definitely prove useful to people such as ourselves. In fact, I do wonder what Valve goes through in its internal testing department - I'm sure there has to be a certain combination that they're using that just runs things better, right? We're still going to carefully consider whether we'll make the Xeon or Opteron purchase... But if in the end it proves that spending that extra cash on Winblows is going to give us better performance then maybe that option is worth considering as well. I do have my gripes on Steam (my PC's Steam just went bust), but when it comes down to the crunch I'm just really looking to know what combination of hardware, and OS setup would give me the best bang for the buck when running a CS server. Thanks once again people! Regards, Christopher Choo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fragnetics http://www.fragnetics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin J. Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 1:38 AM Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Opteron and Xeon Server Comparison > > > ->-----Original Message----- > ->From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ->[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > ->dual_bereta_r0x > ->Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:09 PM > ->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ->Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Opteron and Xeon Server Comparison > -> > -> > ->Kevin J. Anderson wrote: > ->> who knows. Valve were pretty clear about getting awesome performance > ->> differences on them before, the only reason I think that. > -> > ->The really amazing thing is VALVe ever have awesome performance > ->differences, while we have bullshit performance on our day-by-day basis. > -> > > Yep, that is the truth. It makes you wonder, really. Then again, I really > think it has a lot to do with different versions of different libraries, > glibc, and so on between different distros and versions of said distros.... > Its honestly one of the failures in linux, when you want a performance > intensive, closed source app to run the same across all these different > libraries etc, its just hard I would imagine? or am I incorrect in that > regard, which I may well be, considering I am NOT a programer in any > respect... > > kev > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
