Re: 2 single dual core Athlon or 1 Dual dual Core Opteron

[Rainer Schmidt <itrisk(at)gmx.net>]

digimata wrote:

> We looking to invest on a rendering system or systems.
> Any thought would be appreciated
>
> 2 single dual core Athlon or 1 Dual dual Core Opteron?
>
> Thanks,
> Leoung
>
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Someone posted a cool link and according to that a AMD X2 4800 is about 
as fast as far as a workstation goes as a dual dual-core opteron system 
for twice the price.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/cpu/amd-cmp-vs-smp.html

Of course, once you have the process using the '4' opterons..... the X2 
is no match. But none of the tested apps used more than two processors 
under any circumstance. So they had nothing to test regarding a quad 
processor setup.

But the test also revealed compatibility problems with two top contender 
mainboards and a few apps like photoshop. They didn't find a reason for 
that and closed with the advice that you shall try before you buy!

Two X2 4800 each in it's own box will beat the single dual core Opteron. 
The Opteron is the big brother of the X2 but the X2 mainboards use 
(according to the article) more of an agressive memory and chipset 
timing than the server oriented opteron mainboards. However, you have to 
manage two boxes and the rendring among them.

I changed my mind from a dual dual-core opteron box due to that article 
and invest in two boxes with an X2 each.....

Rainer
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