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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:06:08 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?

First, a dual xeon can have as much ram as a quad xeon.  However, most
motherboards don't have enough memory slots as they are made more compact,
while the quad boards end up with a daughter-board that holds the memory,
typically up to 16 modules.

But as 1gb modules are available today, the Dell I have could go to 6 gigs
with no problem.

>
>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.

Depending on the speed of the program, the size of ram can affect search speed
by maybe a factor of 2.0 in the middlegame.  In the endgame it will be more
pronounced.  But since dual xeons can go to whatever memory limit the MB
manufacturers choose to design for, this is not very significant.




>
>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



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