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Hi folks,
I am finally getting near buying a new PC to replace my ancient one, and I have some decisions to make.
My main use for it will be graphics, and both of the main programs I use (Photoshop and Ultra Fractal) can take advantage of dual processors. UF in particular depends primarily on pure number crunching, so CPU speed is the major determinant of speed. Its architecture is such that dual processors provide nearly twice the rendering speed of a single CPU.
I had originally thought of going with dual Xeons, say around 2.6 or 2.8 GHz, but I would be able to put something together with dual Opteron 64s for just around the same price. I haven’t been able to find much on the net about dual Opterons, and I’m wondering about stability issues, etc. I’m not really interested in overclocking or anything extreme, and my needs apart from number crunching would be quite modest–I’m not a heavy gamer or anything.
For that matter I wonder if the 64 bit processors will really offer any advantages in the next few years in general computer use.
Another option would be to forget about dual CPUs completely and go with a moderately high end P4 or Athlon.
I’m wondering if anybody has any experience with any of this that they’d like to share, or links where I could find info on dual Opterons.
Thanks in advance,
Toby
I am finally getting near buying a new PC to replace my ancient one, and I have some decisions to make.
My main use for it will be graphics, and both of the main programs I use (Photoshop and Ultra Fractal) can take advantage of dual processors. UF in particular depends primarily on pure number crunching, so CPU speed is the major determinant of speed. Its architecture is such that dual processors provide nearly twice the rendering speed of a single CPU.
I had originally thought of going with dual Xeons, say around 2.6 or 2.8 GHz, but I would be able to put something together with dual Opteron 64s for just around the same price. I haven’t been able to find much on the net about dual Opterons, and I’m wondering about stability issues, etc. I’m not really interested in overclocking or anything extreme, and my needs apart from number crunching would be quite modest–I’m not a heavy gamer or anything.
For that matter I wonder if the 64 bit processors will really offer any advantages in the next few years in general computer use.
Another option would be to forget about dual CPUs completely and go with a moderately high end P4 or Athlon.
I’m wondering if anybody has any experience with any of this that they’d like to share, or links where I could find info on dual Opterons.
Thanks in advance,
Toby
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