OT, Athlon processer rating question, was: (Re: [ILUG] Advice much appreciated.)

[John Orford]

Just noticed that a Athlon64 3200 costs €30 more than a AthlonXP 3200.

Surely AMD's rating system is pretty much consistent over K8 and K7s.

Maybe they don't factor in the performance boost that 64bitness gives the chip 
(altho 64bitness on paper shouldn't give a performance boost to most apps, 
I've read that it does).  It'd be strange if they rated performance in 32bit 
mode only, which would mean that they understate performance??

You probably pay for the kewlness of being able to brag about having an AMD64 
chip in your box...






Pada Kamis 17 Februari 2005 10:20, Hamilton, David (TSG C&I) menulis:
> I have so far returned two MSI Athlon64 boards, and got a very nice Epox
> one instead.
> The first one had so many problems I wouldn't know where to start, and
> the second had a serious memory clocking issue.  It worked at DDR333,
> and failed at DDR400 even though the memory was tested fine as DDR400 in
> other machines.
> I do have two Athlon(32) MSI boards that I like a lot, but the Athlon64
> one didn't fill me with confidence.
> I literally put together the new one last night with the Epox S939
> board, A64 3000, and 2x512Mb RAM and it is very nice.
> All parts did come from Komplett, I just didn't like any of their
> available bundles, although this one looks nice:
> http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=109410&cks=PRL
>
>  D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On Behalf Of
> Bernard-Joseph Roche
> Sent: 16 February 2005 20:35
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: [ILUG] Advice much appreciated.
>
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a new box (who isn't?) to run some number crunching
> on. I was thinking of getting the following bundle :
>
> http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=111924&cks=PRL
>
> I have searched high and low online (Dell/Distributors/Marx etc) for a
> better deal and cannot find one. I just need the box.
>
> My query goes out to people using a system similar to the above. How
> have they found it? Any issues? I plan to run FC364-bit initially but
> may drop back to 32-bit if i hit problems. I am open to other distros
> where people have had good experiences with 64bit. I choose this
> bundle as it is cheaper than most P4 w/HT on the market.
>
> So any thoughts would be appreciated,
>
> Regards,
>
> B.
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