On 08/08/2010 01:15 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: > Joshua C. wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I’ve been planning on buying a new machine but I’m not that sure what to take. >> >> We’ve been seeing test and reviews on the internet between amd and >> linux. I can say that when it comes to pure (single) core apps then >> intel might have the lead. When it comes to scalability then amd is on >> the move. > Are you going to really use a lot of CPU power? (such as video processing) > Probably not. > > If you are just planning to have a fast general-use computer, than > do not worry too much about the CPU, as AMD or Intel and 4 or 6 cores > will not make a real difference to you. > Consider buying a SSD disk for your operating system and your "live" data > plus an additional big traditional disk for your "storage" data. > I assure you that a SSD disk will have much more impact on the speed > of the machine. > Some years ago, I benchmarked a 32 bit application on 3 GHz Athlon 64 and 3GHz Pentium (was latest release at that time). Both machines running RHEL 4. The application consistently completed on the AMD in half the time it took on the Pentium. The cause of the improvement was IMHO the CPU-Memory bus speeds of the AMD chip. The front side bus of teh pentium could not move the data as fast. And That app was very very cpu and memory intensive, with datasets as large as 3GB!! Furthermore, it was not a multithreaded app. Nowadays, the multicore pentiums have sped up the FSB to respectable speeds of 1.6GHz or perhaps even higher. But I have not kept up with this area of the technology, so I could not address the very latest cpus from AMD and Intel. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
