[gmx-users] Xeon 3.2 vs 3.06

[David]

On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 20:14, Justin MacCallum wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I know I've asked about this before, but we're very close to a purchase
> decision and need to decide between 3.06 Ghz Xeons with 512 kb cache and
> 3.2 GHz Xeons with 1 MB of cache. How much performance increase does the
> extra cache and clockspeed provide vs a 20% increase in price?
> 
Is that extra price per machine or per processor. More cache helps for
larger systems. (See my opteron benchmarks that I posted a while ago).
If it is 20% per machine, you're probably better off with 3.06, if it is
per processor, then go for 3.2.




> Thanks,
> Justin
-- 
David.
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