Re: 2011 Best CPU/Motherboard Combination Discussion Thread. AMD vs. Intel
That almost sounded angry... :confused:
Re: 2011 Best CPU/Motherboard Combination Discussion Thread. AMD vs. Intel
Looking at PG site, the top rated CPU only crunchers are Dual AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6172 [Family 16 Model 9 Stepping 1] (48 processors). That's 4 CPUs @ 12 cores each.
RAC of just under 150K for CPUs alone (no GPUs installed).
2nd Best CPU only machine?
Dual AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6172 [Family 16 Model 9 Stepping 1] (24 processors)
RAC of just under 112K for CPU alone (no GPUs installed).
Granted, there are over 650 machines with higher RACs, but all of those have one or more GPUs as well.
Re: 2011 Best CPU/Motherboard Combination Discussion Thread. AMD vs. Intel
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Slicker
Looking at PG site, the top rated CPU only crunchers are Dual AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6172 [Family 16 Model 9 Stepping 1] (48 processors). That's 4 CPUs @ 12 cores each.
RAC of just under 150K for CPUs alone (no GPUs installed).
2nd Best CPU only machine?
Dual AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6172 [Family 16 Model 9 Stepping 1] (24 processors)
RAC of just under 112K for CPU alone (no GPUs installed).
Granted, there are over 650 machines with higher RACs, but all of those have one or more GPUs as well.
Yeah, I wish they had a system in place to separate CPU credits from GPU credits.
Re: 2011 Best CPU/Motherboard Combination Discussion Thread. AMD vs. Intel
Re: 2011 Best CPU/Motherboard Combination Discussion Thread. AMD vs. Intel
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Originally Posted by
Slicker
Looking at PG site, the top rated CPU only crunchers are Dual AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6172 [Family 16 Model 9 Stepping 1] (48 processors). That's 4 CPUs @ 12 cores each.
RAC of just under 150K for CPUs alone (no GPUs installed).
2nd Best CPU only machine?
Dual AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6172 [Family 16 Model 9 Stepping 1] (24 processors)
RAC of just under 112K for CPU alone (no GPUs installed).
Granted, there are over 650 machines with higher RACs, but all of those have one or more GPUs as well.
Unfortunately, you'll have to go through all 650 of those and sort out the CPU credits. There most likely are several Intel based CPU comps out-performing the AMDs you listed, they just had the sense to add GPUs, where the AMD guys didn't. Otherwise, this comparison isn't fair either :)
Re: 2011 Best CPU/Motherboard Combination Discussion Thread. AMD vs. Intel
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John P. Myers
Unfortunately...Otherwise, this comparison isn't fair either :)
You know, I'm beginning to think that the only "fair" comparison is $/GFLOP. In other words, someone wanting to buy some hardware just needs to throw out their "budget $ figure" and then the hardware junkies on the team could go to work crunching numbers to figure out the BEST BANG for that member's upgrade BUCK. :cool:
Does that sound like the best solution, JPM? My whole point with the thread I stickied was I'd like to see the team's $$$ stretch as far as possible...and get the most credits for the team while doing so, of course. ;)
Re: 2011 Best CPU/Motherboard Combination Discussion Thread. AMD vs. Intel
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DrPop
You know, I'm beginning to think that the only "fair" comparison is $/GFLOP. In other words, someone wanting to buy some hardware just needs to throw out their "budget $ figure" and then the hardware junkies on the team could go to work crunching numbers to figure out the BEST BANG for that member's upgrade BUCK. :cool:
Does that sound like the best solution, JPM? My whole point with the thread I stickied was I'd like to see the team's $$$ stretch as far as possible...and get the most credits for the team while doing so, of course. ;)
I'm afraid of that comparison too, and I'll tell you why: It would be easy to go through every part for sale and build a system that costs $xxx and have it perform as fast as it could for that amount of money. But then, let's say that team member comes into an additional $200 and wants to upgrade the system he just built based on our recommendations. Come to find out, it will actually cost more to upgrade from what this member has to anything better because the parts used are all out of production and have been for a couple years. In that case, would it not be cheaper to get a slow system for the same money, but with newer tech so that future upgrades are possible?
Of course if a member never wanted to upgrade, a $/GFLOP comparison works perfectly fine. Based on the cost of a CPU only, INTEL (NOT AMD) wins that with the Core Duo T2400 @1.83GHz. Who would want that crap? Can't be upgraded to anything useful. But the #1 rule of crunching (which was in my sig on the old forums) is EVERY WORKING COMPUTER MUST BE UPGRADED! :D
Re: 2011 Best CPU/Motherboard Combination Discussion Thread. AMD vs. Intel
Sacrosanct or alien2
If you wish to play ~:> (chicken) and begin a troll attack at AssociatedContent.com and Epinions.com against me then I will do your team a favor and leave.
Real simple man, I do this for fun. When it is no longer fun, I roll.
Your activity:
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http://www.epinions.com/review/INTEL...c_~ORS_details
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