Author: Joshua Shriver
Date: 15:00:16 08/25/05
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Thanks for the reply. From your experience, when testing SMP code, is there really any difference other than speed between a dual or quad? This looks like a fun box, but it'll cost $100 for shipping. Might as well go to a local store and pick up a dual AMD. -Josh >Almost guaranteed to be false. The 500's that we had used the "slot" type >processors. Newer processors are back to normal socket-xxx layouts. Also, most >MBs back then were very restrictive as to what they could do. We have some >Dells that will run 400-550, but no faster... > >> >>At $199 seems like a decent chess box for doing/testing SMP code. > >Not a bad price. Probably cost more than that to get it shipped. The older >quad boxes usually had redundant power, for example. And could easily reach 100 >pounds... > >My quad xeon 700 box weighed in just over 120 pounds. in fact.. > > >> >>Any comments? Suggestions? >> >>Joshua Shriver
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