[gentoo-amd64] Re: compiling on dual-cores - only 50% usage per cpu

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Bernhard Auzinger <e0026053@student.tuwien.ac.at> posted
200711111148.44058.e0026053@student.tuwien.ac.at, excerpted below, on 
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:48:43 +0100:

> That sounds like you are having a infernal machine. 8 cores, that's not
> bad. What are the requirements for the power supply when running 4
> Opteron 290s?

Only 4 cores. =8^(  The "2xx" indicates a max 2-way machine.  Previously, 
it was 2 x 242s, single 1.6 GHz cores.  Now it's 290s, dual 2.8 GHz 
cores, so 2 cores x 2 sockets, 4 cores total over 2 slots.  (Each core 
shows up as a CPU on the monitors, thus the 4 CPU monitors running above, 
actually 4 cores over two CPUs.)

I'd have liked to go with the 8xx series, but they run way more money per 
socket and the boards are of course higher as well.  Way out of my budget 
range, even for "incremental" upgrade.  Well, out of my range for a 
couple years anyway... it'll be mid-range in a couple years.

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