Re: [R] 8 fast or 4 very fast cores?

2014-09-15 Thread Ben Bolker
Leif Ruckman Leif at Ruckman.se writes: I am going to buy a new computer ( Dell workstation T5810 - Windows 8) to work with simulatons in R. Now I am asked what kind of processor I like and I was given two choices. 1. Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 - 4 cores 3.7 GHz Turbo 2. Intel Xeon E5-2640

Re: [R] 8 fast or 4 very fast cores?

2014-09-15 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 15/09/2014 11:21, Ben Bolker wrote: Leif Ruckman Leif at Ruckman.se writes: I am going to buy a new computer ( Dell workstation T5810 - Windows 8) to work with simulatons in R. Now I am asked what kind of processor I like and I was given two choices. 1. Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 - 4 cores

Re: [R] 8 fast or 4 very fast cores?

2014-09-15 Thread Clint Bowman
I'm in a similar situation and am looking seriously at a pair of E5-2643v3 (6 cores each-hyperthreaded). Clint BowmanINTERNET: cl...@ecy.wa.gov Air Quality Modeler INTERNET: cl...@math.utah.edu Department of Ecology VOICE: (360)

[R] 8 fast or 4 very fast cores?

2014-09-12 Thread Leif Ruckman
I am going to buy a new computer ( Dell workstation T5810 - Windows 8) to work with simulatons in R. Now I am asked what kind of processor I like and I was given two choices. 1. Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 - 4 cores 3.7 GHz Turbo 2. Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 - 8 cores 2.6 GHz Turbo I don't know what is