Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 09:02:22 11/03/05
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On November 03, 2005 at 06:53:50, Joachim Rang wrote: >On November 02, 2005 at 18:03:01, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On November 02, 2005 at 16:47:57, Ray Banks wrote: >> >>>On November 02, 2005 at 16:36:23, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>>>You can't put Athlon X2's in SMP configuration, exactly because of the missing >>>>links. >>>> >>>>-- >>>>GCP >>> >>>But you can have two dual-core Opterons !! = 4 processor equivalents >> >>The original poster already pointed that out. But he wanted to use X2's, I >>presume because they are cheaper than Opterons :-P >> >>-- >>GCP > >exactly and besides they cost almost only half the price of the corresponding >Opteron. Too bad that you can't use them in a Dual-configuration (4 cores >total). > >Is there any difference (besides cache) between the Dual-Core-Opterons and X2 in >single configuration relevant for parallel search? AFAIK there's a difference in the types of RAM that you can use, but to answer your question: no relevant difference. -- GCP
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