Re: Quad Cores

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On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 07:08:04AM -0600, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> Robert L Cochran wrote:
>> I'd like to build a quad core machine for my wife, either AMD or Intel, 
>> but quad core. What motherboard and CPU combination will yield really good 
>> performance?
>>
>> Bob Cochran
>>
>
> 1st hand: Gigabyte 965P-DS3, Q6600 (Intel), 8 GB of RAM. *FAST*. However 
> .... I am using it (under FC7) in runlevel 3 (as a poor-man's server), so 
> can't comment on gfx performance, etc. We also have a Gigabyte P35-DS3 at 
> work, runlevel 5 w/ FC7, 8 GB RAM, but a mundane gfx card (nVidia, 
> PCIE-16X, 32 MB RAM, 6600 (I think)), works AOK, *FAST* CPU. I like AMD 
> fine & dandy, but right now Intel has 'em for raw speed/performance ....

AMD beats Intel hands-down in power consumption, though:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/16/nnanda_benchmark_amd_and_intel_quad_cores/

41% less watts (when idle) is much better than a few percent more speed
in my book. Of course, if you're crunching numbers day and night, it
might still be worth to buy Intel.

Regards,
R.

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