Unless your compiler is multithreaded, then all these extra cores aren't really going to help you much. The slightly faster clock speed on the Q9550 would probably win out.
If your compiler is multithreaded, then you can always go the multiple CPU route with Xeons (e.g. 2 x Quad Core Xeons for 8 cores. You can't do that with Pentium AFAIK) Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Xeon compile performance Obviously I haven't been paying much attention either :) Ok, for the sake of discussion --- again for a compiling code operation, not server, not gaming, etc. How about the E5405 Xeon (Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5405 (2.00GHz,2X6M L2,1333)) vs a Q9550 Pentium Core 2 Quad (Intel® CoreT2 Q9550 (12MB,2.83GHz, 1333FSB)) Kevin On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I haven't been paying attention... I just assumed all the logos were > Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad Extreme II Extra Plus Edition (or whatever Intel's up > to now) :-) > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 27 February 2009 1:20 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Xeon compile performance > > You must not buy desktop PCs much :) They are common in the likes of a > Dell OptiPlex 330 or 360. > > The now-discontinued E4000 series and the E7000 series are wicked fast > and really cheap. > > Ken Schaefer wrote: >> Wow - I didn't know those existed. > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
