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 03/19/2004 11:52:45 AM · #51
Originally posted by mbardeen:
. My current beast is a dual-processer AMD Athlon 1800+, with 1.5gb of RAM, GeForce 5200, and two 17" LCD screens. 2x120gb HDs, 1x200gb HD, 1x60gb HD. HP DVD200i DVD+ Writer and an additional DVD reader/CD-RW.

All of this is wrapped up in a nice Mid-tower Lian-Li Aluminium case.


I heard about dual processor, so how does it behave i mean two computers or power of 2 in one, like be eblighten on this as might try next time
 03/19/2004 11:56:53 AM · #52
Originally posted by mbardeen:
. My current beast is a dual-processer AMD Athlon 1800+, with 1.5gb of RAM, GeForce 5200, and two 17" LCD screens. 2x120gb HDs, 1x200gb HD, 1x60gb HD. HP DVD200i DVD+ Writer and an additional DVD reader/CD-RW.

All of this is wrapped up in a nice Mid-tower Lian-Li Aluminium case.


I heard about dual processor, so how does it behave i mean two computers or power of 2 in one, like be enlighten on this as might try next time , BTW is sounds like you have cockpit of F16 rather than a PC with such a configuration

Message edited by author 2004-03-19 12:02:37.
 03/19/2004 12:02:52 PM · #53
Originally posted by General:
Originally posted by mbardeen:
. My current beast is a dual-processer AMD Athlon 1800+, with 1.5gb of RAM, GeForce 5200, and two 17" LCD screens. 2x120gb HDs, 1x200gb HD, 1x60gb HD. HP DVD200i DVD+ Writer and an additional DVD reader/CD-RW.

All of this is wrapped up in a nice Mid-tower Lian-Li Aluminium case.


I heard about dual processor, so how does it behave i mean two computers or power of 2 in one, like be eblighten on this as might try next time


O yeeeeeeeeee dual processor system it is a beast. So to make a dual processors system not hard you need main board with to processor slot, but the processor shod be the same identical
03/19/2004 12:17:37 PM · #54
i'm currently looking into a dual opteron system to replace my 2yr old dual PIII 1GHz workstation :)

want to see some Photoshop benchmarks head over to here:
//www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=amp2800&page=6

Message edited by EddyG - Removed unnecessary mega-long tracking ID from URL.
 03/19/2004 12:22:55 PM · #55
Originally posted by outofreachx:
Thanks for the info... I was looking HERE and they seem to offer up to date equipment for a pretty good price. Anyone have any experience with them?


I don't have experience with that site but its look the same as dell, or different pc company, because they pre configured with that hardware, this is not custom build system. If you need custom build system you have to choose what parts you need and from which company.
 03/19/2004 12:23:14 PM · #56
If you use a dual processor and want to take full advantage, be aware that some software is not configured to run on 2 processors and you will not see a great increrase in speed in that case. You may be able to run some programs on the other processor while one is running CPU intensive programs.
 03/21/2004 06:26:13 PM · #57
A couple other things to note about dual processor systems. They're fast but they're not as fast as two seperate machines. Memory and harddrive speed are the bottlenecks in modern day systems - with a dual processor system it's twice as bad. That said, it's still faster than a single processor system.

Also, the opteron is a 64bit.. Unfortunately Windows XP doesn't have support for 64 bit processors. You'd need to move to an OS like Linux to take full advantage of such a processor (not that normal people need 64bit processing - yet).
 03/21/2004 07:41:51 PM · #58
Originally posted by mbardeen:
A couple other things to note about dual processor systems. They're fast but they're not as fast as two seperate machines. Memory and harddrive speed are the bottlenecks in modern day systems - with a dual processor system it's twice as bad. That said, it's still faster than a single processor system.

Also, the opteron is a 64bit.. Unfortunately Windows XP doesn't have support for 64 bit processors. You'd need to move to an OS like Linux to take full advantage of such a processor (not that normal people need 64bit processing - yet).


Windows XP Pro or Home work wery good with that proccesor. Windows xp is not 64 bit yet but they work with 64 bit processor. Or you can by from Compaq server with win XP 64 bit or Dell server.
 03/21/2004 10:45:57 PM · #59
Originally posted by mbardeen:
A couple other things to note about dual processor systems. They're fast but they're not as fast as two seperate machines. Memory and harddrive speed are the bottlenecks in modern day systems - with a dual processor system it's twice as bad. That said, it's still faster than a single processor system.

Also, the opteron is a 64bit.. Unfortunately Windows XP doesn't have support for 64 bit processors. You'd need to move to an OS like Linux to take full advantage of such a processor (not that normal people need 64bit processing - yet).


Windows XP 64 will come out one day, where using a chip like an opteron or Athlon64 will work wonders (integrated 64 bit and 32 bit enviroment), in the meantime though, those chips are still leaders in 32 bit performance, so you're not actually losing anything by getting them now. Plus you're get a free boost when 64 bit IS here :) (which is inevitable).
 03/22/2004 12:46:26 PM · #60
Sorry, but I found this while searching some quotations and just had to pass it along:

This document describes the usage and input syntax of the Unix Vax-11 assembler As. As is designed for assembling code produced by the "C" compiler; certain concessions have been made to handle code written directly by people, but in general little sympathy has been extended.

Berkeley Vax/Unix Assembler Reference Manual (1983)

And at that it contains an error which would make it even funnier ... the second sentence should start "As As is ..."

Message edited by author 2004-03-22 12:47:58.
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