Re: [PERFORM] Status of Opteron vs Xeon

2005-10-07 Thread Merlin Moncure
What's the current status of how much faster the Opteron is compared to the Xeons? I know the Opterons used to be close to 2x faster, but is that still the case? I understand much work has been done to reduce the contect switching storms on the Xeon architecture, is this correct? Up until

Re: [PERFORM] Status of Opteron vs Xeon

2005-10-07 Thread Chris Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Frost) writes: What's the current status of how much faster the Opteron is compared to the Xeons? I know the Opterons used to be close to 2x faster, but is that still the case? I understand much work has been done to reduce the contect switching storms on the Xeon

Re: [PERFORM] Status of Opteron vs Xeon

2005-10-07 Thread Tom Lane
Chris Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Frost) writes: What's the current status of how much faster the Opteron is compared to the Xeons? I know the Opterons used to be close to 2x faster, but is that still the case? I understand much work has been done to reduce the

[PERFORM] Status of Opteron vs Xeon

2005-10-06 Thread Jeff Frost
What's the current status of how much faster the Opteron is compared to the Xeons? I know the Opterons used to be close to 2x faster, but is that still the case? I understand much work has been done to reduce the contect switching storms on the Xeon architecture, is this correct? -- Jeff