Author: Andreas Guettinger
Date: 07:44:39 07/29/04
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On July 29, 2004 at 09:40:26, William Bryant wrote: >On July 28, 2004 at 18:34:32, Joshua Shriver wrote: > >>Has anyone here done a test of Apple's G5 vs an AMD Opteron? >> >> >>Right now, I'm at a critical state in my source code. >>While I do love Apple, I'm wondering which is better to go with. >>Apple G5's or AMD Opteron's (Intel Itanium is out of the equation... to >>expensive and not worth it comapred to Opteron) >> >>I've slaved over burgers, and over the year even tacos... I've saved up enough >>money... and can buy one or the other.. >> >>Right now I really like and love the Apple G5... and to behonest... would love >>to have a G5... (but mostly as a desktop OS for my own enjoyment)... >> >>Right now I'm leaning more toward "the better development LINUX server" >> >>What do you think is better... work, and lean toward (G5 asm coded cores, or AMD >>Opteron cores) what do you think is best. >> >>Right now... I'm still working toward attending WCCC 2005 ... I have a 45 node >>Dual Opteron cluster in my reach... >> >>While I might do "both" I'd still like a basis for comparison for my original >>code... >> >> >>For now I plan to spend my "burger/taco" money on buying a Dual AMD Opteron" >>machin running Linux.. >> >>However I still the money for a dual G5.. >> >>Comments are appreciated... >> >>Sincerely, >>Joshua Shriver >> >> >>P.S. yes I'm using rotating bitboards.... and with my testing... I've found >>equal value within a normal G5 and Opteron... > >For chess, I'm not sure that you will go wrong either way. Before you drop you >wad-o-cash, however, consider this. > >Is there a possibility that you will use this computer for anything else. > >What do the systems offer and how will you use it completely. > >I two plan to get a dual 64 bit system "some day". >I would get more use out of the Apple so for me, a no-brainer. > >William Same for me. regards Andy
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