Thanks Tim, that confirms what my gut felt, that even though 6 cores
from AMD is more, architecturally the 4 cores from Intel are a
better performer. But it really depends on how the software uses
the multiple cores, so that's why I'm hoping someone may have
actually tried it.
Alternately, if someone has used a single quad core effectively for
serving 32 simultaneous clients in a lab setting, then it's just a
cost thing.
Best, Daniel
On 10/10/2010 3:01 AM, j. Tim Denny wrote:
Daniel
Someone did all the work for us...
seems the 4 core Intel is a better deal Âcontrary to the
price/benchmarks I previously posted.... Â on that page they
show a $199 quad core intel beating a hexa core AMD at Â$285
T
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On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 2:24 PM, j. Tim
Denny <johndenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Daniel
very interesting question as it brings up so many
issues.... Â Âyou are asking toÂcompareÂtwo CPUs for the
same purpose and then want to know which one is
moreÂappropriate..
I was just browsing CPU benchmarks...not knowing which
chips you are comparing I can only take a guess...
here is what I see...
So if
benchmarks mean anything then the AMD listed is 25%
faster and 20% cheaper.... Â but what about power draw
and any other issues that may come to play....
you then ask
how about LTSP performance... Â I wonder... is the OS
optimized for multicore usage? Âor does that matter?
But then what
about GPU? Â are thin client environments dependent on
GPU performance or does that not matter cause each thin
client has it own mainboard? ÂÂ
Tim
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On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 10:04
AM, Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
ÂAnyone have any experience comparing performance of
a 6 core AMD CPU-based thin client server to an
Intel quad core based server? ÂI'm looking for a new
32-client computer lab server. Â I lean to the quad
core since it's at least a generation ahead
architecturally, but wonder if 6 cores gives better
LTSP performance when students are really just doing
OpenOffice and Firefox/Chrome 99.9% of the time.
ÂBest, Daniel
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