Author: Keith Evans
Date: 14:35:36 04/10/03
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On April 10, 2003 at 17:15:39, Pavel Blokhine wrote: >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? A shop up the street from me lists: AMD Athlon XP processors 3000+ 2.17G/333MHz, 512K Boxed Barton.$615.95 Which isn't even 2.5 GHz. Now they're not the cheapest, but... What exactly are you running here?
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