Author: Thomas Logan
Date: 04:05:04 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 06:10:02, Majd Al-Ansari wrote: >Well I would definetely advice you to stay away from a Power Mac. I also >thought a few years back that going to the Mac platform was the way to >stability. First of all Mac's crash just as often if not more than a good well >built PC system. Second of all they are just too inflexible. I know others >think otherwise, but that is my opinion. > >Now with regards to what is a better platform (Intel or AMD), I think both will >serve you well IF you choose the correct motherboard and components. Opteron's >have come a long way since the early days and now are EXTREMELY stable. The >Intel platform is also very very reliable with proper setup. > >AMD for chess seems to have a better performance than Intel. I don't know why >but they do. The most stable Opteron board is probably Tyan, although they are >quite expensive. For Intel I would choose Supermicro. These are designed for >stability and might get edged out by other motherboards in the performance >department ... but if your priority is stability ... then that is the way to go. > By the way I heard that Supermicro now produce Opteron boards but I haven't >tried it out. > >If you only want 2 processors maybe you don't have to go the Xeon or Opteron >route. You might be better served with dual core processors that both Intel and >AMD are offering. You can save a bundle then and you will not be tied down to >registered buffered RAM. If you have the cash for Opterons then you should also >look at dual core Opterons. This way you have 4 processors. If you want more >than that you can check out the new Iwill motherboard ... It can use 4 cpu units >which means 8 cores. >On August 22, 2005 at 02:55:26, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: > >>I'm really tired of Windows and would like to try Power Mac G5 (Dual)/OSX Tiger, >>or an iBook... >>My questions are: >> >>1) Database software for chess to run with OSX-Tiger ? SCID ?? >> >>2) Chess programs = Hiarcs or Chessmaster? >> >>3) Can I compile Xboard for Mac (or is there an already compiled version?) >> >>4) Program to play Internet chess with Macs= Jin ? >> >>Well, the other option is to build a new desktop PC, maybe a Dual Opteron? Apart >>from R. Hyatt's opinions there are also good reviews about Dual Opteron's >>performance in database tests (DB2 and MySQL) >>(http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2447) in which I have some >>interest. In this case I have some questions too: >> >>5)Are Dual Opterons PCs as stable as Dual Xeons? >> >>6)Which motherboard should I buy in case I decide to build a Dual Opteron? Power >>supply? Memory? >> >>7) What about chessbase products? Deep Fritz runs faster on Intel or AMD ? Which >>processor is faster for Deep Fritz? If it's Intel, which processor (it's a bit >>confusing now as there are so many different models to choose...)? >> >>My last question: >> >>I'm using a Dual-MP 2600+, built it myself (very unstable... maybe it's because >>of bad memory, or power suply, or cooler... don't know yet, I'm trying to find >>the reason; it runs better with Linux, but sometimes hangs too :-( ). I'd like >>some help to fix it. Tryed changing Windows 2000 to XP Pro, but when it updates >>to SP2 system becomes _very_ unstable, so I decided to stay with SP1, but it >>still hangs when analysing with "Deep" engines (it doesn't matter if it's Fritz >>or Crafty or Shredder or Junior...), or sometimes it crashes when playing >>engine-engine matches with PONDER=ON. Fixing this problem is driving me nuts... >>this Dual used to run very well when I was using only one DDR-266 256MB memory, >>but I've "upgraded" it to use 2x512MB DDR-333 Samsung memory; using memtest I >>get many errors, so I'm trying to change memory first. >> >>Please help... >> >>A. Ponti Hi I am looking into a quad system Have any recommendations ? Tom
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