On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 12:46 -0800, Mike Marion wrote: > Quoting Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Climb back? From/to where? > > Technically Intel is ahead right now in raw speed. The Woodcrest > processors (I think those are the also known as Core 2 Duos) do > outperform anything AMD has. However, I think where parallelizable > jobs are concerned, AMDs quads will outperform Intel's quads as the > intel quad is just 2 duals bolted together. > > > FWIW I really like my AMD64 X2 processors. I have one at home and on my > > recommendation we have purchased a whole lot of them at work and they > > are working out very nicely. We also have Opterons which are very nice > > also. Higher memory performance. > > We've bought a couple Verari racks of woodcrest systems and added them > into our LSF pool. Some tools are faster on there, others still run > faster on AMD systems. I'm still partial to AMD CPUs for my personal > boxes as well.
One more thing to consider when purchasing a system is total bang for the buck (at least I always consider it). Comparing systems on Dell's web site between Intel and comparable AMD, the AMDs win (now that, after reading this thread, I know how to compare them - which is why I started the thread). Also, given the AMD X2 systems can be upgraded to the quad core processors when they're released, the X2s have that going for them as well. All that said, I still don't trust Dell systems, but if that's what the company wants to go with, then the only thing I can really argue is AMD vs. Intel. PGA -- The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul G. Allen Software Engineer BSIT/SE Quake Global, Inc. 858-277-7290 x285 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
