Good morning Ruud, What sort of tasks are you going to be doing in R? Some tasks will be faster on a single core extreme type processor, and other tasks can benefit from a multi-core processor (which run at slower clock speeds than extreme single-core). If you're working with large matrices, then an optimized BLAS can help.
Do the problems you'll be working on require more than 1500mb of RAM? If so then you should consider looking at a 64-bit linux on a 64-bit CPU. The more performance you're looking for - the more work you have to do to get it! As an aside - I don't know whether AMD or Intel processors are faster - clock-speed for clock-speed or / bang-for-buck... doing R-ish tasks (int / float etc) Kind Regards, Sean R.H. Koning wrote: > > Hello, I am about to order a new workstation at my university that will be > used for R (and other research related tasks). I would appreciate any > feedback on the specifications of a very fast machine. The machine should > run windows (XP probably better than vista). Which chip, memory size and > specification, etc should I be looking for? Thanks, Ruud > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/specifications-windows-pc-tp20730325p20733228.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
