I would wait to see the new Intel Seaburg 1600FSB. Combined with the new harpertowns being released early next year *should* offer considerably better performance over memory intensive applications for not much more money (I worked out $400 per dual socket node) It will have gen2 PCI express which, I have been told by hardware vendors will let many of the high performance interconnects out of the cage.
Ta Andy On 13/11/2007, Achilles Vassilicos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list, > > This topic has probably been discussed before. Still, I would like to hear > some opinions/input about these specific issues. In terms of expected > performance, what is known about the following CPU choices. > > Field of work: CFD > CPU: Intel 5160 or 5365 (3.0 GHZ) vs. AMD 2222 or 8222 (3.0 GHZ) > Network: Gigabit Ethernet > Sockets: 2 per MOBO (there are also some 4-socket MOBO choices) > Memory: 8 (for dual-core chips) or 4 GB (for quad-core chips) per core > > Thanks in advance, > Achilles > > --------------------------------------- > Achilles Vassilicos, P.E. > Principal Engineering Consultant > Thermo-Fluid Systems & CFD Modeling > Vortex Core Enterprises, LLC > Pittsburgh, PA 15217 > USA > (412) 638-2476 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
