[TriLUG] CPU Considerations/Recommendations

[Tim Jowers]

ditto. AMD 62x2 (dual core) with 4GB DDR400. Dual 500G SATA II. NVidia 7100.
Very fast box. Makes computering fun. Also very fast sony DVD to cut those
install times into a fraction.

   Anyone scoffing at AMD right now ought to take a hard look at Itanic
(Itaniun - that /arch/ia64 directory:-). Intel could not successflly
introduce a new procesor architecture! They left their VAR's hanging out to
dry on that one!
   The AMD folks were migrants from the Alpha from what I've heard. So far,
I'm very impressed. I also have an Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz box but
it is not as fast as the AMD 3800+ x2, duh. I think the IO architecture on
the mainboard is important too but haven't seen a good, fair analysis on it.


Right now I think Intel has done a great job with FUD. AMD is supposed to
return mid-summer from what I read. Let the battle continue! What's maybe
more interesting is the cell, arm, and others. Could be we have a ton more
competitino next year than even now.

TimJowers


On 3/13/07, Andrew Perrin <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
>
> I recently rebuilt my desktop machine after the motherboard caught on fire
> (!!), and have been happy with my choice. I went with an Athlon X2 64,
> which is a dual-core 64-bit processor. The performance is impressive, and
> the heat is not bad at all.  The dual-core is nice because I also run a
> vmware process pretty much continuously, so it's nice to have the
> firepower.
>
> As of now I am running a 32-bit kernel, largely because I haven't got
> around to compiling a 64-bit one. The scuttlebutt seems to be that
> performance is pretty similar either way, but recently I've been bumping
> up against the 3G per-process memory limit so I may get to the point of
> moving to 64-bit.
>
> My motherboard, bought at Intrex, is an MSI K9VGM-V.
>
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>
>
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Ed Alexander wrote:
>
> > I need to purchase a new primary desktop for home use.  I'd like some
> > recommendations for what CPU to get.  Is Athlon 64 a good choice?  I
> know of
> > issues with getting Flash player to work (only 32-bit version
> available).
> > Are there other considerations, good or bad?
> >
> > I'll be running various Linux distros on it over time, one as the base
> system
> > and others in Qemu or VMware.  The system will be used for the usual
> (e-mail,
> > web, video, productivity, etc.) and general playing around with Linux
> > distros.
> >
> > Thanks for any constructive comments.
> >
> > Ed
> >
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