Re: [gentoo-amd64] Planning a new box - AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon?

["Kris Kersey (Augustus)" <augustus@linuxhardware.org>]

I would have a Barcelona review up but AMD didn't come through this last 
time on review samples.  It is important to keep in mind that 32-bit 
Windows performance is a big difference than 64-bit Linux performance. 
Keep this in mind when looking at 99% of the reviews out there.

Thanks,
Kris Kersey (Augustus)
LinuxHardware.org Site Manager
augustus@linuxhardware.org
Gentoo Linux AMD64 Developer
augustus@gentoo.org
AIM: Augustus22

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Conway S. Smith wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:28:01 +0000 (UTC)
> "Kris Kersey (Augustus)" <augustus@linuxhardware.org> wrote:
>> Conway,
>>
>> While it doesn't include Barcelona, you probably would find my review
>> on LinuxHardware.org very useful in your decision making process.  It
>> included the latest Xeon and Opteron processors using Tyan boards.
>> Here's the link:
>> http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/05/1414204&mode=thread
>>
>> If you have any other questions, I'll be happy to help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kris Kersey (Augustus)
>> LinuxHardware.org Site Manager
>> augustus@linuxhardware.org
>> Gentoo Linux AMD64 Developer
>> augustus@gentoo.org
>> AIM: Augustus22
>>
>
> Nice article, thanks Kris!  I'm about to hit the sack (I work nights),
> so I've mostly just skimmed the performance section, and I'm rather
> pleasantly surprised.
>
> The Opterons are looking a lot better there than some of the other
> reviews I've been reading.  The impression I've had was that in terms
> of performance, Intel's had a significant lead since the Conroe came
> out; although AMD's Barcelona is starting to close the gap (although I
> had the impression Intel's Clovertown still leads).
>
>
> Thanks,
> Conway S. Smith
>
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