Re: [Beowulf] AMD performance (was 500GB systems)

2013-01-11 Thread Bill Broadley
On 01/11/2013 04:01 AM, Joshua mora acosta wrote: > Hi Bill, > AMD should pay you for these wise comments ;) > > But since this list is about providing feedback, and sharing knowledge, I > would like to add something to your comments, and somewhat HW agnostic. When > you are running stream bench

Re: [Beowulf] AMD performance (was 500GB systems)

2013-01-11 Thread Vincent Diepeveen
On Jan 11, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Reuti wrote: > Am 11.01.2013 um 14:22 schrieb Vincent Diepeveen: > >> On Jan 11, 2013, at 6:03 AM, Bill Broadley wrote: >> >>> >>> Over the last few months I've been hearing quite a few negative >>> comments >>> about AMD. Seems like most of them are extrapolating fr

Re: [Beowulf] AMD performance (was 500GB systems)

2013-01-11 Thread Reuti
Am 11.01.2013 um 14:22 schrieb Vincent Diepeveen: > On Jan 11, 2013, at 6:03 AM, Bill Broadley wrote: > >> >> Over the last few months I've been hearing quite a few negative >> comments >> about AMD. Seems like most of them are extrapolating from desktop >> performance. >> >> Keep in mind th

Re: [Beowulf] AMD performance (was 500GB systems)

2013-01-11 Thread Vincent Diepeveen
On Jan 11, 2013, at 6:03 AM, Bill Broadley wrote: > > Over the last few months I've been hearing quite a few negative > comments > about AMD. Seems like most of them are extrapolating from desktop > performance. > > Keep in mind that it's quite a stretch going from a desktop (single > socket,

Re: [Beowulf] AMD performance (was 500GB systems)

2013-01-11 Thread Joshua mora acosta
Sorry I forgot to attach the file related with the comparison of performance/dollar of 6200 vs E2600. here it is. Thanks, Joshua <>___ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mo

Re: [Beowulf] AMD performance (was 500GB systems)

2013-01-11 Thread Joshua mora acosta
Hi Bill, AMD should pay you for these wise comments ;) But since this list is about providing feedback, and sharing knowledge, I would like to add something to your comments, and somewhat HW agnostic. When you are running stream benchmark it is an easy way to find out what the memory controllers