Re: AMD vs Intel

2004-04-24 Thread MIchael Alexander
Hey Marc: Five of the six computers in my home office / conservatory are AMD's. They do run a little hotter than Intel, but they are cheaper to buy, and I'm a certified cheap-skate. Now the question "Why do I have sooo many computers"? I just do. On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 18:51, Marc G. Fourn

Re: AMD vs Intel

2004-04-24 Thread Harald Schmalzbauer
Am Samstag, 24. April 2004 03:51 schrieb Marc G. Fournier: > I'm looking at picking up the following: > > Intel Technology Server > Chassis Intel SC1300 1U Rack > MainBoard: Intel SE7501WV2SCSI > Ram memory: 4 x 1 GB > Processor: 2 x Xeon 3.06 Ghz > Discos Duros: 3x Seagate ST336607KLC > Intel: S

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-03-04 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Francisco wrote: > > > > > Hope things work out with this new machine.. who knows I may end up > > > having a VM in it someday. :-) > > > > actually, you'd be one ofthe first moved ov

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-03-04 Thread Francisco Reyes
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Francisco wrote: > > > Hope things work out with this new machine.. who knows I may end up > > having a VM in it someday. :-) > > actually, you'd be one ofthe first moved over to it :) Something I have always wondered.. When you m

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-03-04 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Francisco wrote: > Hope things work out with this new machine.. who knows I may end up > having a VM in it someday. :-) actually, you'd be one ofthe first moved over to it :) Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-03-04 Thread Francisco
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Server environment, Dual Processor ... web/mail/ftp generally ... all our > current servers are Intel based, but looking at the costs, the AMD are so > much cheaper, just figured for next one I'd check out what AMD had to > offer as comparable ... > >

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-10 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Feb 10, 2004, at 11:13 AM, Charles Swiger wrote: On Feb 10, 2004, at 12:58 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Just a note: If you want ECC with an AMD Athlon (not AMD64), you need to buy a dual board anyway, since I don't know of anyone who makes a board with a chipset that supports ECC

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-10 Thread Kenneth Culver
Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Feb 10, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Kenneth Culver wrote: Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Feb 10, 2004, at 5:25 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: Marc Wiz wrote: On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:53:38PM -0500, Charles Swiger wro

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-10 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Feb 10, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Kenneth Culver wrote: Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Feb 10, 2004, at 5:25 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: Marc Wiz wrote: On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:53:38PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote: OK. The price difference for AMD vs. Intel is pretty si

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-10 Thread Kenneth Culver
Quoting "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Feb 10, 2004, at 5:25 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: Marc Wiz wrote: On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:53:38PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote: OK. The price difference for AMD vs. Intel is pretty significant, but be aware that you'll also pay a signi

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-10 Thread Marc Wiz
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 10:58:34AM -0700, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > On Feb 10, 2004, at 5:25 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > >Marc Wiz wrote: > >>On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:53:38PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote: > >>>OK. The price difference for AMD vs. Intel is pretty significant, > >>>

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-10 Thread Charles Swiger
On Feb 10, 2004, at 12:58 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Just a note: If you want ECC with an AMD Athlon (not AMD64), you need to buy a dual board anyway, since I don't know of anyone who makes a board with a chipset that supports ECC that isn't a dual. Hi, Chad-- I've got a Shuttle AK3

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-10 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Feb 10, 2004, at 5:25 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: Marc Wiz wrote: On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:53:38PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote: OK. The price difference for AMD vs. Intel is pretty significant, but be aware that you'll also pay a significant premium for dual-proc hardware versus single-proc ma

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-10 Thread Chuck Swiger
Marc Wiz wrote: On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:53:38PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote: OK. The price difference for AMD vs. Intel is pretty significant, but be aware that you'll also pay a significant premium for dual-proc hardware versus single-proc machines: compare an AMD 2400MP versus the 2400XP

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-09 Thread Marc Wiz
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 01:53:38PM -0500, Charles Swiger wrote: > > OK. The price difference for AMD vs. Intel is pretty significant, but > be aware that you'll also pay a significant premium for dual-proc > hardware versus single-proc machines: compare an AMD 2400MP versus the > 2400XP price,

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-09 Thread Charles Swiger
On Feb 9, 2004, at 1:20 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Charles Swiger wrote: I know you're not a troll, Marc, but this question is much like asking whether emacs or vi makes a better editor. :-) Actually, I wasn't asking which one was better though :) I'm only curious as to how

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-09 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Charles Swiger wrote: > On Feb 9, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > G'day all ... > > > > Simple question, I would hope ... I want to spec out a new server, > > and > > want to compare AMD vs Intel ... is there anything online that gives > > approx equivalents?

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-09 Thread Kenneth Culver
Quoting Charles Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Feb 9, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: G'day all ... Simple question, I would hope ... I want to spec out a new server, and want to compare AMD vs Intel ... is there anything online that gives approx equivalents? ie. a Xeon 2.4Ghz proce

Re: AMD vs Intel ...

2004-02-09 Thread Charles Swiger
On Feb 9, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: G'day all ... Simple question, I would hope ... I want to spec out a new server, and want to compare AMD vs Intel ... is there anything online that gives approx equivalents? ie. a Xeon 2.4Ghz processor would be approx equivalent to an AMD ..