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Subject: Re: Computer with 8 Ghz and 8 GB RAM

Author: Pavel Blokhine

Date: 08:35:30 12/18/02

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On December 18, 2002 at 11:16:42, Matt Taylor wrote:

>On December 18, 2002 at 10:28:22, Pavel Blokhine wrote:
>
>>On December 18, 2002 at 10:25:04, Tony Werten wrote:
>>
>>>On December 18, 2002 at 10:08:28, Pavel Blokhine wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 18, 2002 at 09:51:05, Tony Werten wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On December 18, 2002 at 09:39:45, Pavel Blokhine wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I guess that this computer will humble the Dual xeon 2.8 Ghz.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm quite sure it won't and will be less than 50% faster.
>>>>>
>>>>>Tony
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No Sub	Description	Quantity
>>>>>>	XeonMP 2.0Ghz 2Meg L3/Cache 400Mhz FSB	4
>>>>>>	Glacier 8 Quad 7U XeonMP 8/64bit PCI 100/1000 Video D/U160	1
>>>>>>	DIMM DDR PC2100 ECC 128 x 72 (1GB) Registered	8
>>>>>>	"Seagate 146GB HDD Ultra320 SCA 10,000 RPM 1"" LP"	1
>>>>>>	CD-ROM / DVD Drive 48X CD/16X DVD AC-3 Toshiba IDE	1
>>>>>>	Modem SupraMax Voice 56K V90 PCI (Intel Only)	1
>>>>>>	SCSI Terminator Ultra/160 LVD F/W/U 68 Pin INT	1
>>>>>>	"Cable SCSI 68PIN 5 Conn. LVD TNF INT. 50"""	1
>>>>>>	Keyboard Microsoft Natural	1
>>>>>>	Microsoft Intellimouse PS/2 2-Button W/Scroll	1
>>>>>>	Windows 2000 Professional  Operating System	1
>>>>>>	Full & Mid & Rack Super Blue Poly End Caps	1
>>>>>>	Warranty: 2 Years Parts & Labor	1
>>>>>>	"Viewsonic LCD Display 20"" VP201mb 1600X1280 Black"	1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We will be happy to supply any additional information you may need.  Every
>>>>>>order			Product Total	"$30,629.50 "
>>>>>>receives our prompt and careful attention.  This quotation is confidential
>>>>>>and			Discount	$0.00
>>>>>>subject to change without notice after 01/16/2003.  This quotation
>>>>>>supersedes			Freight	$50.00
>>>>>>any verbal quotation(s) made prior to the date above.  Changes must be made
>>>>>>in			Sales Tax	$0.00
>>>>>>writing.  Certain items may be substituted with equivalent or higher value
>>>>>>items			Quote Total	"$30,679.50 "
>>>>>>if necessary.  All complete systems have a -30- day money-back guarantee.  See
>>>>>>Aspen Systems website for complete warranty information:
>>>>>>http://www.aspsys.com/warranty.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>		Authorized by		Date
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>And why would you say that? Can you give us an explanation?
>>>
>>>A dual 2.8 is equivelent to 2.8+(0.7*2.8)=4.76 Ghz
>>>
>>>A quad 2.0 is equivelent to 2.0+(0.7*2.0*3)=6.2 Ghz
>>>
>>>That's 30% increase.
>>>
>>>Tony
>>
>>
>>Okay, but have you taken in consideration the 8 GB of RAM versus the usual 1 GB
>>of RAM that a Dual Xeon 2.8 GHZ has?
>
>The ram won't make a huge difference either way. It would if your chess program
>started swapping, but if it was swapping, processor speed wouldn't make any
>difference.
>
>A $1800 AthlonMP 2400 system can almost tie the dual-Xeon 2.8 GHz. It would be
>more cost-effective just to build a NUMA system out of 4 such nodes. You'd
>probably get about the same speed-up.
>
>-Matt


What's NUMA system?



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