From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IqzeU-0007Lj-4e for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:22:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lAANK2gf019572; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:20:02 GMT Received: from penguin.linuxhardware.org (penguin.linuxhardware.org [63.173.68.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lAANK1Mt019539 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:20:01 GMT Received: by penguin.linuxhardware.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 22C2B1E94E; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by penguin.linuxhardware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B7251E8F0 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:20:01 +0000 (UTC) From: "Kris Kersey (Augustus)" To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Planning a new box - AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon? In-Reply-To: <20071110095206.7a73544e@mandalor.homelinux.net> Message-ID: References: <20071110081152.4065e4db@mandalor.homelinux.net> <20071110095206.7a73544e@mandalor.homelinux.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 6ff3adcd-6968-4854-9075-32deae4752fc X-Archives-Hash: aac61713284899204c4e0c441e8abd4a 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)" 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 > -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list