Author: Pavel Blokhine
Date: 14:15:39 04/10/03
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On April 10, 2003 at 15:31:04, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On April 10, 2003 at 13:25:21, Jonas Bylund wrote: > >>Personally i have seen a great difference in the long run between SMP capable >>chess engines and single processor engines, in the words of someone who have >>dealt with both, what would you say are the pro's and con's?? >> >>Jonas > >While messing with SMP machines is a bit of fun, I still prefer single cpu >machines. I've noticed the bandwidth on all x86 SMP machines are pretty horrid >compared to fast single cpu systems. Dual Xeon 2.8GHz gets about 2.5GB/s, my >single AthlonXP system is pulling about 3.5gb/s. Not to mention the latency is >pretty nasty with SMP machines. > >Also, there the overclockability factor. Single cpu machines tend to overclock >much more and cost much less. Plus with a fast single cpu machine you get good >performance all around, not in just the select few applications that support >SMP. > >As far as applications go, I'm sure there are more to come.. but for RIGHT NOW, >if you get an smp machine are you going to wait 2 years before there are enough >SMP applications to make it worth while? By then you'll want another upgrade and >would have wasted the SMP systems capabilities, and by then it would probably >just get thrown in the closet or get turned into a router. > >I'm happy knowing my 2.5GHz XP gets 1gb/s more memory bandwidth than a dual Xeon >system, and faster performance than a dual Xeon 2.4GHz in chess and about equal >speeds with a P4-3.06 @ 4GHz. Not bad for an $80 cpu, $80 motherboard, $150 of >ram, etc.. > > >I know SMP does have it's advantages, of course. I use a dual Celeron 400@550 in >my server, it comes in pretty handy (plus it's just fun to mess with). IMHO >if you're not doing strenuous tasks like massive webserver stuff, multiple game >servers handling hundreds (or thousands) of people, cpu intensive database >manipulation, etc, then it'd be a waste of money. For desktop stuff, playing >games & whatnot, my vote is for a single cpu box. :) $80 cpu, $motherboard, $150 of Ram? Where did you get such a deal? How much would it cost me if i I want to add a 17" LCD flat panel monitor? Can you give me more infos please?
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