Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2?

[Eric Anderson]

On 07/17/07 17:10, Jack Toering wrote:
>  >I'm very delighted with our four-way woodcrest at 3 Ghz. It's a HP DL 380
> G5. I have two four-way opterons at 2 Ghz but hz for hz the woodcrest is
> (way) faster.<
> 
> These are things I need to hear bacause it doesn't make sense for me to
> watch these things until I'm in the market because the technology moves so
> fast.

The woodcrest is smokin' fast.  The Core 2 Duo's (EXXXX numbers) are 
also very fast, so you won't be unhappy.  In fact, the E6700 came out 
faster than woodcrest 5160 in a few tests.

Eric




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claus Guttesen [mailto:kometen at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:59 PM
> To: Jack Toering
> Cc: freebsd-performance at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2?
> 
>> It's been a couple years since I had to buy another dedicated server.  
>> Back then the AMD Opteron had it hands down.  The trade press seems to 
>> be indicating the pendulum has swung the other way and AMD is in 
>> trouble, especially since the Barcelona miss.  Also, over the past two 
>> years I've read how code is optimized more for the Intel.  I'd like 
>> your opinion on which way to go on a new server by picking one for 
>> each category.  For the same price I can get:
>>
>> $159.00 Range
>> Dual Opteron 246
>> Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
>> + $30 and get Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz
>>
>> $209.00 Range
>> Dual Opteron 252
>> +$10 Opteron 2214 2.2Ghz
>>
>> $239.00 Range
>> Xeon 5130 2.0GHz Woodcrest
>> Clovertown 5310 1.6Ghz
>>
>> $279.00 Range
>> Woodcrest 5160 Dual Core Dual 3Ghz
>> Opteron 2216 HE 2.4GHz
> 
> I'm very delighted with our four-way woodcrest at 3 Ghz. It's a HP DL 380
> G5. I have two four-way opterons at 2 Ghz but hz for hz the woodcrest is
> (way) faster.
> 
> --
> regards
> Claus
> 
> When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the
> soonest winner.
> 
> Shakespeare
> 
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