Q6600 is not a bad CPU. With a bit of luck it can be overclocked a lot with no stability issues.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Jeff Sugar <[email protected]> wrote: > I and some other admins I speak to have the Q6600. It's been a dream for us > and the server hasn't even broken a sweat with the multiple servers we run. > I'd say "number of tf2 players possible", but we haven't had a problem even > with our two tf2 servers entirely full. > > -Atreus > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Bruce Potter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Howdy, >> Quick (but I'm sure not simple) question regarding processor choice. >> I've been running some TF2 servers (and now L4D servers as well) on an >> AMD-based server with CentOS for a while. Currently have 2 x dual >> core 2.8GHz previous-gen Opterons in the box. FYI, the machine is on >> a 100Mbps connection in a datacenter with way more connectivity than >> that so I'm not at all bandwidth constrained. >> >> After much tuning, I'm still not happy with the overall performance. >> On TF2 every user takes up about 5% CPU on a core. After 12-14 users >> (depending on the map) I start to use enough CPU (50-80%) that I get >> nervous about choke and other performance issues. 20 or so would >> probably be the limit on this hardware. It's not a very popular >> server so we've never hit the limit. ;) >> >> I'm looking at building a second box for more TF2 servers. I've heard >> anecdotally that Intel systems run SRCDS _much_ better than AMD >> hardware. At this point I have to believe it b/c while this Opteron >> system isn't top of the line, it's plenty quick for other purposes >> I've thrown at the same hardware (database, web, etc). So I'm going >> to give a run at Intel hardware. >> >> The new server I'm building isn't going to be racked, however, so I >> have some flexibility in hardware options. What I'm trying to assess >> at this point is the difference in performance between a core 2 duo, >> an i7, and a xeon proc when it comes to SRCDS. >> >> I'm hoping to do a head to head on all these setups in a bit (I've got >> access to a lot of systems) but I don't have time to test them out >> right now. Any advice on # of TF2 slots on various hardware ppl have >> would be very much appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> >> bruce >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
